Author's Note: Hello and welcome, well here we go the huge showdown between Ron and Marik. Just to point out that the theme songs to this particular chapter is 'Blow me Away' and 'Dance with the Devil' by Breaking Benjamin, I think it suits and plus they are both cool songs and that isn't stopped me before lol. Anyway on with the duel. Sorry it took so long getting up, been really busy hope this makes up for it.

Chapter 14

Marik Ishtar Vs Ron Stoppable

"Ladies and Gentlemen…." Shouted Roland into the microphone "…welcome to the semi-finals, so let's please welcome our next two duellist" The crowd went into an uproar of cheers as only one of the two duellist began to walk out into the huge arena.

Yugi and the others were shocked at the sight. "Wait…" Shouted Yugi "…where is Ron!?" The rest of gang gasped as they noticed Ron was not walking out along with Marik and Kim was still nowhere in sight.

The crowd had soon become silent as Marik walked to the centre of the arena and crossed his arms in awaiting for Ron. Ron Stoppable please report to the duelling arena…." Roland announced only to see no sign of the blonde haired duellist.

The gang watched on until they were soon joined by Mana and Shadow. "Hey guys…"said Shadow "….What's going on?" The friends looked over towards the coffee however only Tea took 'real' notice of them holding hands and giggled with delight at the sight of the two.

"The duel is ready to start and Ron is nowhere to be seen…." Replied Joey "…and Kim is missing too" Shadow and Mana joined the group in worry.

"I wonder where he could be?" Roland said to himself and away from the Microphone. Until he heard Marik chuck manically.

"Maybe he got scared and went home to cry in his girlfriends arms AH HAHAHAHAHA!!!" However Marik's laughter was short lived as he caught a glimpse of the entrance way to the arena and recognised the blonde hair and brown eyes walking from the darkness along with his red haired green eyed female companion.

"Well here we go folks…." Roland began as he noticed Ron's arrival "….better late then never let's here it for Ron Stoppable!" The crowd let loose with a huge applause as Ron was stopped part way by Kim who quickly pulled him in for one last kiss of luch on his cheek before heading up to the stands to meet the others, as Ron continued to make his way towards his opponent the roof of the huge 'Blue Eyes' dome started opening to let in the bright blue midday sky pour onto the arena floor as Ron met Marik in the centre of the duelling platform, Roland soon stood in between the two. "Now seeing as how this is a semi-final match up, in the interest of fairness you are to each shuffle the others deck. So when that is done return to your respective sides of the field and come out duelling!" Roland then left and allowed the two to exchange decks and began shuffling.

Ron Glared sternly at Marik who simply display that manic smile back at him. "You were a fool to challenge me Stoppable…." Said Marik smugly "….what took you so long anyway!?" He demanded as he handed Ron's deck back to him.

"Oh I was just enjoying some alone time with the girl I love…." Ron replied as he took his deck and offered Marik his deck back "….I guess you wouldn't know anything about THAT though….would you?" Ron smirked back as Marik snatched his deck away. The two then returned to their sides of the field and activated their duel disks with life points totalling up to 4000.

Marik and Ron stared over at one another until they both yelled to the Gods themselves "LET'S DUEL!"

Marik smiled with a grin that shook everyone who looked at it down to the core. "I'll start this duel off, but before I do anything….I think it's time to make this duel more interesting…." Marik paused as he pulled out the Millennium Rod and raised it high into the air. "…by turning it into a Shadow Game! Mwahahahahaha!" Mari's laughter echoed throughout the Arena as the clouds blackened and formed around them, it soon consumed the entire park.

"Oh no…!" Yugi yelled as he recognised all to well this particular atmosphere "….Ron is now playing a Shadow Game, his very life is at stake here" He proclaimed as Kim joined them.

"Don't worry Yugi…." Kim began as she sat down "…Ron know what he is doing" Her words brought a silent confidents to them all as they watched Marik begin this epic duel with his opening turn.

(Mari's Turn LP:4000)

"I'll explain how this particular Shadow Game will be played when needs be…." Said Marik as he drew his sixth card. "…but for now I'll summon 'Newdoria'(atk:1200/def:800) in defence mode then I'll set two cards face down and end my turn.

Marik not wishing to waste anytime quickly set his cards and allowed for their holograms to appear on the field before crossing is arms and awaiting Ron's move.

(Ron's Turn LP:4000)

"A quick start huh? Ok I'm game and I think I'll start by playing this, my 'Heavy Storm' Magic card…" Ron paused as the winds suddenly began to pick up to a massive level. "…this card creates a storm so powerful it destroys all magic and trap cards on both our fields, but since I don't have any it looks like you lucked out with this one!" Ron watched as Mari's two face down cards were blown away, however Marik seemed to be pleased with it as his sick snigger crept up again. "Did I miss the joke?" Asked Ron as he raised an eyebrow at Mari's laughter.

"You fool…you ARE the joke…." Marik allowed for his insult to set in before continuing "…you see the cards you destroyed are two very special cards that activate when they are destroyed, so reveal…. 'Statue of the Wicked' since you destroyed these two cards I can now summon two 'wicked tokens'(Atk:1000/Def:1000) to the field!" Ron watched in shock as the two golden statue's appeared on the field both wearing a smile that matched Mari's.

"Oh boy…" Joey said "…this doesn't look good"

"Yeah…" Shadow continued "….it's only the second turn and Marik has three monsters on the field, it won't be long now till he summons Ra" Shadow stated, Kim however seem to think Shadow was wrong as she smiled on towards Ron.

"Don't worry Shadow…" said Kim eventually as the rest looked at her confused "…something tells me that Ron was it covered" Her gaze was fixed on Ron's smile which clearly told her that he had a plan.

"Ok Marik…" Ron chuckled "…I'll give you that one but don't be too smug about it, cause I haven't even finished my turn yet. So now I'll summon my 'Lord of Dragon' (atk:1200/def:1100) in attack mode…" Marik huffed as the hologram appeared on Ron's side of the field "….next I'll play the magic card 'Flute of Summoning Dragon' and it allows me to Special Summon up to two more Dragon type monsters from my hand to the field…" Ron paused again as a flute appeared and his monster began to blow on it. "Now I'll choose these 'Masked Dragon' and 'Armed Dragon Lv3" The field was then consumed by Ron's tag team of Dragons.

"Awesome…" Cheered Mana "…now Ron has three monsters on the field too, Marik is going down!" She applauded as Kim simply kept her proud smile.

"I knew he had a plan" She whispered to herself as she watched Ron continue his move.

"Now I think I'll have my 'Lord of Dragon' attack your 'Newdoria' so go!" The dragon lord charged over towards the fiend and struck it down causing it to blow into shards of holographic glass.

Everyone was surprised however when they noticed that Marik was smiling contempt. "Thank you Ron, you've activated my monsters special effect. You see whenever this monster is destroyed in battle, I can select another monster to take with it…." The crowd gasped "…and since your 'Lord of Dragon' has already attacked I think I'll take your 'Masked Dragon'!"

Just as Marik finished his claim a few shards of glass reassembled into Newdoria's hand and it raced over to grab Ron's Dragon, Ron however had different plans. "Sorry Marik but my 'Lord of Dragon' has an effect also…." Ron allowed his monsters actions to speak louder then words as 'Lord of Dragon' leapt in the way of the flying hand and grabbed it before it reached the Dragon. "…you see as long as 'Lord of Dragon' is face up on the field you cannon designate any Dragon type monsters as the target for your cards effects, so the only card you can choose is my 'Lord of Dragon!" As Ron said this, the loose hand of Newdoria grabbed 'Lord of Dragon' and dragged him down into the ground and destroying him. "Nice try Marik…" Ron grinned "…but it wasn't good enough, now 'Masked Dragon' and Armed Dragon' attack his two 'Wicked' tokens, let's see how wicked they are with a little Dragon treatment!" Ron's monsters charged forward and destroyed both tokens then soon returned to Ron's side of the field. "and with that I'll end my turn." Ron said with a smile as his friends cheered for his successful attempt to stop Ma\rik from getting 3 monsters on the field to summon Ra.

(Mari's Turn LP:4000)

"Very well my turn…." Marik drew his card and soon a sick grin rose on his face "….I really hope you don't have anything special in your hand Stoppable as I'm playing this 'Card Destruction" Marik held his card up for the whole world to see, much to Ron's horror.

"NO!" He screamed as he looked at the two cards he had in his hand. One of them was Horus the Black Flame Dragon Lv 8 "Not that card, anything but that!" Ron's screams caused his friends to figure out the card Ron was about to lose.

"Oh no!" Cried Yugi as he and all the other saw Ron send his two cards to the graveyard one being the ever powerful Horus. "Ron has lost Horus to the Graveyard!"

The others were watching on in worry as Ron's best monsters was taken away from him.

"This is bad…" Stated Shadow "…that was Ron's best monster, how is he going to get it back?" The young duellist asked as the others simply continued to watch on ignoring Shadow's question.

"Come on Ron…" Kim pleaded "…you may have lost Horus but I know you can pull through this, we're here for you!" Kim felt like crying as she saw her shout of encouragement was practically ignored by Ron as he stared blankly at his duel disk and drew his two new cards, along with Marik who drew three to replace the three he lost.

"But I'm afraid it's not over yet Stoppable, because now I play this 'Delinquent Duo, now all I have to do is pay 1000 life points then we can both select one card from you hand and discard it to the graveyard!" Mari's move caused Ron to gasp all the air from his lungs as he saw that the two cards he had drawn were non other then Horus the Black Flame Dragon Lv 4 and Lv 6. Ron's body began to shake as he had no choice but to send his two monsters to the graveyard, he never noticed the strange stream of red light seep from Marik and vanish into the black sky.

"I'll choose the card on the right, and since you only have one more card to select Ron I guess you must choose that!" Marik broke out in more laughter as Ron with shaking hands sent his only two cards to the graveyard. "Oh don't feel bad Stoppable…" Marik taunted "…as I'm about to make it up to you" That caused Ron to give him a very blank and confused stare, how could Marik make it up to him? All soon became clearer as Mark continued " You see I feel bad about making your most powerful monster utterly useless to you, so I will give you one of MY powerful monster in its place!"

Out of anyone, Joey knew exactly where Marik was going and called out to hoes friend "RON, WATCH OUT HE'S GONNA….!" But Joey was cut off as Marik continued his turn.

"First I'll sacrifice YOUR two monsters to summon it to your side of the field, so come to us now 'Lava Golem'(Atk:3000/Def:2500). Ron's eyes widen until suddenly he felt sweat trickle down his face as his temperature rise. Before Ron could object he found himself being surrounded by a cage that was just big enough to hold him, the cage then was lifted a few feet into the air as it hung from the monster of Lava. "Now don't say I never give you anything Stoppable!"

Marik continued to laugh out loud in his madness, as the veins popped around his face and the symbol on his head glowed ever more brightly. It was then that Shadow noticed something. "Hey guys Marik has made a huge mistake" That caused the others to look over towards the young boy.

"What are you talking about?" Asked Mana sitting next to him.

"Well Marik Special Summon Lava Golem to Ron's side of the field, however because he played Delinquent Duo earlier he only has 3000 life points left, and due to Lava Golems effect Marik can't summon a monster this turn to his side of the field. All Ron has to do now is attack with Lava Golem and he'll win." Shadow's enthusiasm caused Mana's eyes along with Tea, Tristan and Joey to light up. However Yugi and Kim knew better.

"Don't count Marik out yet Shadow…" said Yugi in an upset tone as the gang stopped celebrating. "…Marik is a manipulative duellist and likes to toy with his opponents, he has something sinister planned" Said the King of Games in a disso pointed tone.

"Yeah…." Kim added "…and Ron knows it too" On saying this everyone looked back towards Ron who was still sternly focused on Marik, he knew deep down Marik wasn't done and could only watch as Marik continued his move.

"Next I'll play 'Monster Reborn' which allows me to revive one monster from the graveyard, and I'll choose this….my 'Revival Jam' (atk:1500/def:500)" Ron's eyes opened wide as this blue jelly monster wiggled and danced on the field in an odd fashion "He may not look like much but go ahead and attack, you'll find there is a reason he is known as Revival Jam!" Marik shouted in a taunting fashion.

"Ok…." Ron stated "…my move!"

(Ron's turn LP:4000)

Ron drew his card, however before he could even look at it he felt like being sick as an energy stream began to seep from his back and into thin air. Ron could feel his very energy being ripped from him and when the stream had gone Ron dropped to his knees, it had felt like he had just ran a 100 miles in full sprint without a single break.

"What just happened!?" He demanded in panting breath. He looked up to see Mari's sick grin laughing back at him.

"What you're feeling Stoppable is the effects of our shadow game. Every time we lose life points, we lose a piece of our life. So guess what happens when you life points WILL reach 0!" Marik explained in a sly tone of confidents.

"But wait…" Ron began as he clambered to one knee "…when you lost 1000 life points before why weren't you effected!?" He demanded still remaining on one knee, his legs like jelly refusing to support him.

"You fool…" Marik said "…of course I was effected, I just happen to be more prepared then you, you see to survive here you need to have a strong mind and something tells me you don't qualify you weak minded fool!" Marik broke out in more laughter as he noticed Ron still struggling to get to his feet.

Kim felt like crying seeing Ron like this but by doing that she would only convince Ron more that he couldn't win. She slammed her eyes shut to disperse any tears then snapped them open and aimed then in Ron's direction it was time to do what she did best, cheer for her Ron. "Don't listen to him Ron, you ARE strong I know you are…" Kim's screams of encouragement finally broke through and Ron turned his attention towards her to see all his friends offering their support. Then he heard the roar of Horus in the back of his mind again, it was at that point Ron realised he still had his friends and he could still turn this one around. It was then Kim continued to shout "…Ron I know you better then anyone and just like things seemed bad when you duelled Bakura and Drakken, you still pulled through because we never stopped believing in you, and we haven't stopped now!"

That caused Ron to feel a new power enter his body, all this feel of unity and the fact his friends were never going to leave him made Ron feel like everything will still turn out ok. He slowly rose to his feet much to Mari's surprise.

"B…but how!?" Marik demanded as he saw Ron at full statue and smirking his famous smirk.

"I guess one of the advantages of being with a teen hero means you never tire quickly, this duel is still on Marik and I isn't out yet! Not by a long shot!"

Although Marik was slightly peeved by Ron's second wind his grin of confidents soon returned knowing Ron couldn't win. "Very well buffoon so you're not as effected by the shadows as I thought. However don't assume that means you're going to win, thanks to my 'Revival Jam' my life points are safe so all I have to do is wait another 3 turns and my 'Lava Golem' will take you apart from the inside don't you get it…..!?" Marik shouted as he deformed Shego's face with the wide open eyes small pupils and vains popping up all over his face which really creped Ron out "…YOU CAN'T WIN AHAHAHAHAHAHA!!" Mari's laughter echoed through and shook the air causing Ron to think about how he was going to get out of this.

"Mari's right, I mean sure I can take the strain of this shadow game but I can't touch him as long as that dancing jelly is in my way. As powerful as this monster of mine is it is useless against Mari's…Wait a minute, Lava Golem maybe Mari's monster but it's STILL a monster and it's on MY side of the field, if I got a monster with 5 or 6 stars I could sacrifice Lave Golem…" It was then Ron realised he was still holding the card he drew in his hand "…of course, with all these distractions I never even looked the card I drew" Slowly Ron lifted the card and gazed upon it only to have his eyes widen with happiness, he wasn't out of this duel yet.

"Alright Marik, it's on! I now sacrifice Lava Golem…" Hearing this caused Marik to flinch slightly "…in order to summon this…Armed Dragon Lv 5!" The cage surrounding Ron soon disperse dropping Ron to the floor, soon the entire molten beast was gone and was soon replaced by the spiky Dragon which let out a huge roar on its summoning "Now Armed Dragon destroy his Revival Jam with Inferno Roar!" The Dragon soon lashed out and struck down the blue slimy beast into little pieces of blob. Marik covered his face as the pieces flew past him, however soon returned to his grin..

"Nice try Stoppable, but did you forget that my Revival Jam simply reforms?" Marik allowed for his creature to reappear and begin its dancing again. Ron however also began to smile which confused Marik until Ron explained.

"I didn't forget Marik, but don't forget for Revival Jam to revive it has to be destroyed and let's not forget what happens now to my Armed Dragon since it destroyed a monster!" Mari's face turned to annoyed as he realised what was coming his way. "Now I end my turn and because of that my Armed Dragon's effect activates. So by sending Lv 5 to the graveyard I can summon Armed Dragon Lv 7!" Marik crossed his arms in front of his face as the big dragon was replaced with an even bigger dragon whose roar caused the building to shake at its foundation. "Your move Marik!" Ron announced as Marik drew his card.

(Mari's turn LP:3000)

"Very well Buffoon I draw…and I'll play Pot of Greed which allows me to draw two new cards from my deck…" Marik drew his cards and grinned at the turn out "…next I summon this, my 'Gil Garth' (atk:1800/def:1200) in defence mode…" Marik allowed for his sword armed monster to appear on the field crossing its arms into an X to protect itself. "….finally I'll set one card face down and end my turn"

Mari's turn although quick made him confident once again, as the holographic face down card appeared along with a sick smirk on his face.

(Ron's turn LP:3000)

Ron drew his card and began to think of his strategy. "Ok I drew Armed Dragon Lv 10 know I could discard it for Lv 7's effect and destroy his two monsters but then there is his face down card. However if he manages to get his God card out I'll need all the power I can get…" Ron then took his new card and made his move "…alright now by sending Armed Dragon Lv 7 to the graveyard in order to summon Armed Dragon Lv 10!" Marik stood back as Ron's new monster arrived on the field in all its glory. "Now I think I'll attack you Gil Garth so go Armed Dragon Static Orb Thrust!"

The huge intimidating Dragon leered at the fiend and attacked only to have it returned by Marik and that twisted smile he loved to display. "Not so fast, I activate 'Jam defender" Ron watched as instead of the silver Gil Garth being destroyed instead the blue slimy body of Revival Jam intercepted and caused its entire body to be spread across the field. "Thanks to my Jam Defender trap card any attack you come at me with will be blocked by my revival jam, and as you already know when Revival Jam is destroyed it simply comes back!" Ron watched on in discuss as Mari's comment became apparent as the creature reappeared on the field.

"Fine…." Ron almost spat out "…then I end my turn!"

(Mari's turn LP:3000)

"Face it Stoppable it is only a matter of time now, soon I shall summon Ra and you won't stand a chance!!" Marik declared as he drew his card "I'll set one card face down and end my turn.

(Ron's turn LP:3000)

Ron grew ever more unforfatable with the speed of Mari's turns, and as he placed his two fingers onto of his deck Ron thought about ending this duel now. "Ok, Thanks for my Armed Dragon's effect I can wipe out his field no matter what card I draw. So all I have to do is do that then I can end this once and for all…alright he I go…" Ron snatched his top card and gazed upon it only to scream in his mind "…NO! Not that card!" His eyes opened wide as he recognised the sceptre and red hair as the 'Magician Valkyria'. His hand began to shake as he thought about discarding this card for his dragons effect. The very idea of that card being in the graveyard was too much.

His friends watched on in a daze wondering what card Ron had drawn to cause this reaction, one of them knew all to well.

"I don't get it…." Joey said "…Ron could just ditch that card and wipe out Mari's field, then take out the rest of his life points. So what's taking him so long?" Joey almost demanded as he wanted this duel to end as did everyone else.

"He won't discard that card Joey…" Kim said in a really upset tone "…Ron just drew the Magician Valkyria" That caused the gang to gasp.

"H…How do you know that Kim?" Asked Tea who was a amazed as everyone else that Kim knew that.

"Simple…" She replied "…if Ron had drawn any other card he would have won the duel by now, but seeing as Ron has the same kinda of bond to his Magician Valkyria as I do to my Valcor then the last thing Ron wants to do is see it in the graveyard"

"What's so bad about sending sending that particular card to the graveyard?" Asked Mana as she tried taking in all that she was hearing.

"You recall Mana when Ron summoned Magician Valkyria in his last duel you pointed out that she looked a lot like me…?" Kim paused to note Mana nod her head "…well what do you think got Ron into Duel Monsters in the first place?" Kim noticed both Mana and Shadow gasp slightly "That's right, Ron saw that card in a shop window and it reminded him of me so much so that he decided to start playing duel monsters"

"Wow…" Said Mana "…I never knew that. Ron must really love you Kim"

"He does, that's why I know he won't send that card to the graveyard. In his eyes it would be like sending me to the graveyard. It's really sad…" Kim sniffed as her eyes began tear up "…this is the first time ever that Ron's love for me has backfired in a duel"

Ron continued to look at the card he had drawn, his mind was screaming to him to do the strategic maunder and discard that card and win the duel, his heart however was stopping him from doing the smart thing and discarding that which was his symbol of the girl he loved. With that Ron simply dropped his arms to his sides and lowered his head in shame. "I end my turn"

The entire crowd was in shock at this, even Marik was a little stunned but smiled with a twisted pleasure as Ron's fringe shadowed his eyes as they gazed at the ground.

(Mari's turn LP:3000)

"You fool Stoppable!" Taunted Marik "You had the perfect opportunity to finish me off right there in front of you and you let it slip away and now you're going to pay for you bumberling. Why didn't you activate you monster's effect anyway?" Marik asked as he drew his new card.

"Someone like you Marik wouldn't understand!" Ron shouted back in anger at Mari's smugness.

"Well either way it doesn't matter…" Marik gazed at his new card and smiled with a sick glee. "…I set one card face down then end my turn!"

(Ron's turn LP:3000)

Once again Mari's turn was quick and over, making Ron feel very uncomfortable what was Marik unto? "Alright…" Ron began thinking to himself as he drew his card "…no more messing about…this is just a trap card I've drawn I can discard this and win the duel…" but before Ron could follow up on his plan he heard a familiar noise, it was the eagle like call of Horus which he had heard call to him when he was offered Slifer the Sky Dragon. "What…Horus? Am I hearing you right? But I could end this duel and…what, Mari's face down card…" Ron paused the conversation in his mind to look at the card in question. There must be some reason Horus would warn Ron about that card "…ok Horus if you're sure I'll trust you" Ron declared as he placed his card into his duel disk. "I'll set one card face down also, and end my turn!"

Ron's statement really earned a gasp from everyone watching. "I don't get it…" Joey said "…what was Ron's excuse this? He could have ended the duel"

"Ha I wouldn't expect third rate duellist like you to understand Wheeler…" The gang turned to see Seto Kaiba walk along side them with his arms crossed "…Ron is preparing for whatever that face down card is, you see Wheeler any good duellist knows to always be prepared and not just go all in and just hope for the best!" Kaiba spoke with a smug tone he always used when belittling Joey who at this point was being held back from attacking Kaiba by Triston.

"Kaiba, are you here to support Ron too?" Yugi asked sounding slightly shocked to see the millionaire grace the commoners stand with his presents.

"Ha not likely dweebs, the only reason Stoppable beat me in our duel was because he played that Horus card against me, I may not have been prepared for it then but after watching it here I'll be ready for when I next duel him"

"But Kaiba…" Yugi began "…Ron has lost all his Horus cards to the graveyard" That cause Kaiba to chuckle to himself.

"Yugi I'm surprised I thought you of all people would have faith in your friends abilities"

"I do" Yugi replied confidently.

"Then of course Ron is going to find a way to bring back his greatest monster, just wait and see" Kaiba said with confidents, in his own way Kaiba respected Ron as he respected Yugi, but in the same way he was too stubborn to come out and admit it.

(Mari's Turn LP:3000)

Marik drew his card slowly and in doing so caused a strange unsettling feeling to rush though Ron's body. Marik slowly raised the card and gazed upon it. He saw it and his smiled turned the sickest it had ever looked, seeing this card caused Marik to brake out in loud hysteric laughter. Everyone soon figured out exactly what card the maniac had drawn.

"It is time Stoppable! It's time for you to meet a monster without peer, you girlfriend may have already come up against one Egyptian God but the one I hold dwarfs that in total!" Ron's eyes shot open towards Mari's comment.

"No you don't mean….!" Ron shouted

"Yes buffoon I mean the Winged Dragon of Ra! However before I can summon it I need three monsters on my field which I can get by activating my trap card, one you might recognised 'Metal Reflect Slime' which allows me to summon a Slime token to the field…" Ron watched on as the silver spiky ball which he had seen in Mana's duel. "Now I have three monsters on my field and you know what that means!?" Marik declared as Ron was too afraid to reply. "It means I get to summon my Egyptian God so now I sacrifice my three monster in order to summon my greatest creature…"

Ron could only watch as the three monsters vanished from the field and Marik screamed his ancient chant to the heavens themselves.

"Great beast of the sky, please hear my cry.
Transform thyself from orb of light and bring me victory in this fight.
Envelop the desert with your glow and cast your rage upon my foe.
Unlock your powers from deep within so that together we may win.
Appear in the Shadow Game as I call your name,
Winged Dragon of Ra!"

And with that the clouds parted and the almighty beast descended from sky opening it's huge almighty wings and glared down at Ron with intent to destroy. "Now Stoppable prepare for the end as my 'Winged Dragon of Ra (Atk:3300/def:4700) wipes out your monster and soon your life points AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA!!"

The mighty God Shadowed Ron's Armed Dragon and dwarfed it's power. Everyone watching this duel weather it be live or watching on TV were in simple ore at the very sight of this great creature, only a selected few had ever actually seen this creature and now it was being broadcast to the entire world.

"Now Winged Dragon of Ra use all you might and strike down his Dragon NOW!" The great creature did as it was ordered and fired an enormous fireball towards Armed Dragon and sent it shattering to the graveyard and a stream once again sucked the very life out of Ron causing him to lose balance slightly and drop to one knee as he weakened but soon picked himself and looked back into the eyes of the almighty God of the sun. "I end my turn with that but it doesn't matter what happens now, I have already won this duel AHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!" Mari's laughter burned through Ron's body as he drew his card.

(Ron's Turn LP:2700)

Ron still panting from the loss of his energy in Mari's last turn finally managed to look at the card he drew and he began thinking "I drew the 'Upstart Goblin' magic card, this card could change this entire duel but that mean Marik would also receive 1000 more life points, aww man what should I do I have nothing that can beat that Egyptian God. I guess all I can do is defend I'll put Magician Valkyria in defence mode and…" Once again Ron paused to hear the screams of Horus in his ear suggesting against it "…WHAT!? Put her in attack mode? That's nuts as much as I believe in her she doesn't stand a chance against Ra"

Kim watched on as she knew Ron was once again speaking with Horus, then suddenly she felt something buzz through her and all of a sudden it all became clear to her what Ron had and what was going to happen. "Ron drew Upstart Goblin" She said abruptly causing everyone to turn their attention towards her.

"How do you know Kim…?" Yugi asked "…where not at the right angle to see Ron's hand" The others agreed they couldn't see Ron's hand from where they were sitting.

"I can't really explain it guys, but sometime I can…predict the cards Ron has and is going to draw almost as if I'm being told by some unknown force. However that same force is telling that Ron isn't going to play the Upstart Goblin….I have to get him to use it!" Kim declared and before anyone could ask or query on what Kim was talking about she was up and shouting "Ron you have to use that card you drew! I know you're speaking to Horus right now and you have to listen to it!" That caught Ron's attention as he raised his head to look over to his girlfriend and soul mate "Horus would never lead you astray so please Ron trust what you hear and act on it, you can do it I believe in you!"

With that Ron felt that same second wind he felt the first time Kim give him a pep talk during this duel. He had decided he wasn't gonna doubt himself on weather he was going to win or not. Kim believed in him as did all his friends and now was the time to put that belief to good use. Now was the time to end this duel.

"Alright Marik…!" Ron screamed to the heavens "…it's time to end this. First I summon 'Magician Valkyria' in attack mode!" Everyone was shocked by this, surly defence mode would have been a better to protect his Life Points. The only person who was happy about this was Kim because she knew Ron was believing in Horus and his deck. "Next I play the magic card 'Upstart Goblin' and it gives you 1000 life points and allows me to draw one card!" He stated placing his index and middle finger on his deck.

"Well then get on with it Stoppable, if you're so confident!" Marik demanded as the crowd waited in anticipation.

Ron stood there for a few moments doing nothing but hold the top of his deck. This draw was going to change the whole duel all Ron had to do was believe, so he did "KP…this one's for YOU!" Ron screamed in his mind as he snatched the card from his deck the force of which seemed to cause the wind to pick up slightly. He looked at the card and his eyes opened wide with joy. "Booyah baby I drew this…Card of Sanctity and sanctity couldn't be a better word for the moment. I figure Marik since you gave me that Lava Golem at the start of this duel I should repay you, so now we both draw until we have 6 cards in our hand!" The two drew their cards and to Mari's displeasure Ron's smile rose back into it's full confident grin which Marik wanted to tear off. "Marik I'm afraid this duel is far from over, because now I activate the magic card 'Graveyard in the Forth Dimension' which allows me to take me Horus the Black Flame Dragon Lv 8 and shuffle him back into my deck…" Ron followed his words with his action and clipped the deck back into his disk.

"What was the point in that Stoppable!?" Marik demanded " it is still useless to you!" Mari's attempt to bring Ron down was short lived as Ron simply grunted and continued with his move.

"Well if you shut up for a second you'll find I'm not finished. I now activate the magic card 'Level Modulation' which allows you to draw 2 more cards, aren't I generous?" Ron asked in a sarcastic tone.

"So what do you get out of this little deal!?" Marik asked as he drew his two cards.

"I'm glad you ask, it allows me to summon from my graveyard any monster with Lv in its name ignoring the summoning cost, and I choose Horus the Black Flame Dragon Lv 6!" Ron allowed for the great bird to rise up from the ground still enclosed in it's own wings, but on hearing its name being shouted out the great Dragon slung out its wings and diamonds seem to rain down from the sky. "The only thing is Horus can't attack this turn due to the effect of Level Modulation" Ron added which really confused Marik.

"Then what was the point in all that!?" He demanded almost feeling as though Ron was insulting him with such strange moves.

"Simple because he ain't going to be here for much longer as I play this….'Level Up'! Now by Sending Lv 6 to the graveyard I can summon MY greatest monster!" As Ron slipped the magic card into his disk the current Horus soon closed its wings again and lowered back into the ground, and just as it did in Ron's duel against Kaiba the Seal of Horus being shown on the floor expanded and the same symbol once again glowed atop of Ron's forehead. Suddenly a great pillar of Black fire shot up from the ground like a geyser, which caused ever Marik to flinch "Now I call to the field, Horus The Black Flame Dragon Lv 8!!" The tower of fire dispersed and in it's place was Horus in it's ultimate form. People never noticed that Horus and Ra looked alike but soon realised how similar the two were was they stood to appose each other yet how different the two were also.

All of a sudden around the duelling field where the two were stood a wall of black fire arose caging the two within it. Before anyone could question this a mysterious storm picked up as Black a white lightning struck the ground while the tremendous thunder was shattering and cracking windows.

The crowd however refused to leave this duel no matter how intense it was getting especially Kim, Yugi and the others, they fought with all their strength to remain where they were as the winds grew ever more intense. It was so loud Kim only just manage to hear her Kimunicator go off, she answered only to see a very fuzzy image of her young genius friend on the small screen. "What's the sitch Wade!?" Kim shouted as she tried to be heard over this storm.

"Kim, what's going on over there!?" Wade almost demanded as he typed furiously on his keyboard. He soon noticed Kim's blank reaction saying she had no idea " Cause I'm watching the duel here with Rufus and both Ron's and your folks and as soon as Ron played Horus this weird electromagnetic stormed picked up, and don't think you the only one's effected Kim, this storm has been reported world wide!" Kim gasped at this news as did the others who had looked over her shoulder to see what had caught her attention.

Meanwhile back in Domino town at a certain game shop Grandpa Motou was guesting his home with Ishizu and the real Marik who were all watching the duel and had noticed this same storm had engulfed all around them outside. "Sister, what's happening?" Marik asked in a slight panic.

"It is time brother. Time for the two great powers to meet" Marik looked confused he always assumed that since his sister was older then him she would have been taught more about the grave keepers then him but how much did she truly know? "Do not forget Marik Horus is the reincarnation of Ra and these two great creatures have never come together before"

Marik was beginning to understand "I see…" He said "…so this then is like what it would be in the presence complete power of a whole God?" Marik asked completely stunned.

"Yes Marik and now it is up to Ron to win this duel. I just hope he can do it" She prayed as they all continued to watch with anticipation.

However back at the duel Kim noticed that the only two people who weren't effected by this torrential storm were Ron and Marik, the two simply stood there within the flaming walls around them and stared focused into each others eyes both had a glowing symbol shinning intently on their forehead and both were determined to win but that honour belonged to only one.

"Congratulations Stoppable…" Marik mused breaking the silence between them. "…you managed to summon your greatest monsters onto the field, but I'm afraid it was for nothing because Horus has only has 3000 attack point while my God card has 3300 Horus is too weak, just like you!" Marik broke out again in more laughter hoping Ron would break down and realise he had lost. Ron however smiled once again which made Marik think of one thing…Ron was not done yet.

"Don't count me out yet Marik…" Ron warned as he pulled another card from his hand and slipped it into a magic/trap card slot on his disk "…cause I activate the magic card 'Level Infinity" Marik was surprised as he saw the card appear on the field the picture simply being a large Lv with the symbol of infinity next to it. "This card equips to any Lv monster, like my Horus Lv 8 then I can remove up to all the Lv monsters in my graveyard from play, and for each one I remove Horus Lv 8 gains 500 attack points!"

"Oh NO!!" Cried Marik in disbelief.

"So let's have a look, there's Armed Dragon Lv 3, Armed Dragon Lv 5, Armed Dragon Lv 7, Armed Dragon Lv 10, Horus the Black Flame Dragon Lv 4 and Horus the Black Flame Dragon Lv 6. Now Maths was never my best subject but I know that 500 multiplied by 6 is 3000 that means Horus gets 6000 attack points, and 6000 is a bigger number then 3300! Now Horus destroy The Winged Dragon of Ra NOW!" Ron's call sent Horus soaring into the air and looking down at the God of the sun, Marik however began to chuckle as he had a plan up his sleeve.

"Nice try buffoon, but thanks to the special effect of my Egyptian God I can fuse myself with it and by leaving myself 1 life point I can increase Ra's attack, and thanks to that 1000 points you gave me from you magic card I will have more then enough to wipe out Horus!"

Marik however did not get the chance to get all smug about his monsters effect as Ron cut him off. "Sorry Marik but I activate this trap card…!"

"…You fool…!" Marik interrupted "…traps do not work on God cards, so what your doing is pointless!"

Ron simply smirked again "Don't worry Marik, this card doesn't effect Ra at least not directly…" Ron allowed the worry to swell in Mari's body for second before carrying on "…reveal the trap card 'Life Point Freeze!" Marik watched as the card with the picture of a frozen duel disk rose from the ground. Suddenly a beam of ice fired out from the card and covered the life point meters on both their duel disks much to Mari's confusion.

"W…What's that card do!?" He demanded not liking Ron's smile which was growing bigger with every card he played.

"Well until the end of MY next turn neither of us can pay life points to activate card effects…" Ron simply loved seeing Marik and his confused look, he truly had no idea what that meant. "…let me break it down for you. The effect of Ra technically still activates, however since you CAN'T pay any life points the total attack that Ra gains is…ZERO!!" Ron's statement sent a chill down Mari's spine as he looked down to his life point meter as it twitched trying to move only to be frozen solid.

"N…NO, THIS CAN'T BE!!" Marik screamed as Ra's attack points remained the same.

"I'm afraid it is Marik! Now go Horus destroy Ra with Black Flame Inferno!!" Horus flew high into the air and shadowed the Egyptian God as it's mouth became engulfed with black fire and blasted a mighty stream down making Ra melt under its power. "I'm afraid Marik that even though you're life points can't change for card effects, they CAN by battle…" Marik was then forced to cover his face with his spare hand as the ice around his duel disk shattered and the life point meter began to lower to 1300.

"No…My Egyptian God card!!" Marik cried out as he saw his great monster vanish from the field. Ron expected Marik to be devastated but soon saw his smile return obviously Marik didn't know the second effect of 'Level Infinity' "You think you've won Stoppable!?" He demanded as the vains began to consume his face and his eyes widened "I will simply bring him back! Weather it be in my hand, deck OR graveyard I always find a way to summon Ra!!" As Marik began to crack up in laughter Ron simply smirked and shook his head.

"I'm sorry Marik but Ra won't be coming back!" Ron waited for Marik to stop and listen before continuing. "Cause my 'Level Infinity' has a second effect, you see when the monster equipped with it destroys another monsters both are removed from the With that the whole gang gasped in shock as they heard of Ra's demise. "Don't you get it Marik? Ra is worthless to you now!"

Marik became frozen with shock, the idea that Ra was out of the game and out of his reach was too much to bear. "NO…NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" He screamed with all his might as both Ra and Horus vanished from the field and were gone.

"I….I don't believe it…" Said Tea in disbelief as they all watch the two great creature vanish "...Ron sacrificed Horus to completely remove Ra from the duel!" They were all in shock at seeing this all mighty beast leave the field.

Marik was trying to think up his next plan on how he was going to win, however in the excitement of it all Marik seemed to forget that Ron still had one monster left….and it was still he turn.

"Marik…I'm afraid this duel is over! GO MAGICIAN VALKYRIE ATTACK, WITH MYSTIC SEPTER BLAST!!!" All Marik could do was watch as the beauty and grace of Ron's card flew high into the air and fired a green bolt of magic towards him and knocking the evil spirit to the ground and his life points to 0. Ron had won the duel.

Ron observed Shego's body as it went limp and dropped to its knees, however Ron noticed two things that made his stomach feel sick. The first thing at not one point from Ron's two attacks did Marik have a strange energy stream suck the life out of him like it did Ron, and the second was that the shadows surrounding them had not yet dispuse back to the sunny day it had started as. This….was NOT over.

"What's going on Marik!?" Ron demanded as Marik refused to move at his question or even answer him. "I beat you fair and square Marik, now return Shego to use and go back to the Shadow realm….NOW!!" Ron's scream was a mix of anger and anxiety as Marik began to chuckle to himself.

Soon however that chuckle turned into a laugh until Marik was once again busting a gut with the same sick laughter that had been expected of him. "YOU FOOL!!" He shouted as he slowly raised himself to an upright position. "This duel has been mine from the beginning, don't you get it? I have been controlling this Shadow game from the start. YOU'RE IN MY WORLD!!" All of a sudden Marik inflamed his hand in Shego's Go Team glow and before Ron could react found himself being blasted away by Marik. Ron crashed to the floor his deck knocked from his duel disk and scattered along the cold ground.

In response to this all the gang were already heading over to Ron for aid while the rest of the crowd scattered in panic to get away from this mad man.

"Marik as the owner of Kaiba corp. I demand you stop this NOW!!" Kaiba's demand was shrugged off as Marik began shooting plasma blasts at their feet stopping them all in their tracks.

"You fool Kaiba, I'm in control here and thanks to this duel I now have the power to do this!!" To everyone's surprise Marik simply raised his hand outwards towards Yugi and soon flying out of the king of games deck flew the two remaining Egyptian God cards and into his hand where they were reunited with the third.

"HOW DID YOU DO THAT MARIK!?" Yugi demanded as Ron simply stared on in disbelief.

"It's quite simple Pharaoh. You see my time trapped in the Shadow Realm I became some what fused with the great darkness within, and with each Shadow duel I simply get stronger. However thanks to Ron summoning Horus he managed to give me the power I needed to wield the Egyptian God cards WITHOUT THE HELP OF THE PUZZLE!!" That was enough to send a cold and sickly feeling to the pit of every bodies stomach but non were greater then Ron's.

"M…My fault…" Ron soon came to understand what Marik was saying. He dropped to got to a kneeled position and stared blankly at the floor. This was his fault he was beginning no see it all clearly, he knew he felt something strange when he summoned Horus against Ra. Now Marik had all the power he needed and all Ron could do was wait for the end.

"This body I'm in also made a difference with its strange powers, I can't really explain it but my new powers enhance my abilities…but why stand around talking about it when I can summon the Gods right now…" Marik screamed and raised the three cards in his right hand above his head "…now I summon the three Egyptian Gods 'Obelisk the Tormentor' 'Slifer the Sky Dragon' and 'The Winged Dragon of Ra!!" It felt as if the world was being ripped from the core as the great creatures of Egypt made their presence known. "Now I'll merge myself with Ra and become A GOD!!!" Marik soon turned into pure energy and merged with Ra as he did once before at battle city.

The gang watched on as these creatures gazed down at them as the ants they were in comparison to them.

"What are we going to do guys!" Triston asked in a panic as he hid behind everyone.

Yugi then activated his duel disk and clipped his deck within it "We fight!!" He answered bluntly "Remember, all monster summoned here are real, we have to summon all that we can, do all that we can to stop Marik before he drowns the entire world in darkness!" Yugi looked around as Joey, Mana and Shadow all followed suit and activated their duel disks then turned to Kaiba "Will you help us Kaiba?" Yugi asked in a respectful tone of voice.

"Well I don't know about all you hocks pocus stuff Yugi but Marik has already lost this duel and now refuses to except it, now he is ruining my tournament. So you can bet your duel disk I'm going to stop him!" Kaiba finished while activating his duel disk.

The whole gang stood together however Kim looked over to see Ron still on his knees in shock. She looked over to Yugi "I'll get Ron to help Yugi, he needs me" Yugi turned to Kim and gave her the nod of approval.

"Sure Kim go to Ron he we will need Horus if we wish to stand any chance of beating Marik"

As Kim ran off towards the rest of them Yugi and the others drew there cards and prepared for battle. Shadow started off.

"I summon 'Archfiend Solider', 'Goldd, Wu lord of Dark World', and 'Inferno Hammer!" Suddenly the three monsters Shadow used in his Duel against Kim appeared on the field, then it was Mana's turn.

"Alright I summon 'Sorceress of Black Chaos' and 'Dark Magician Girl!" Mana's monster appeared and landed next to Shadow's as the two duellist offered each other a little smile as Joey stepped up.

"My turn, I summon 'Gearfried the Iron Knight', 'Gilford the Lightning', 'Panther Warrior' and 'Red Eyes Black Dragon!" The two young duellist watched in ore as Joey's monster all followed suit and joined the front line of monster that was being built up, leaving only two duellist to go, the next being Kaiba.

"I summon 'Vorse Raider', 'XYZ Dragon Cannon' and I'll fuse my three 'Blue Eyes White Dragon's' in order to summon this…THE BLUE EYES ULTIMATE DRAGON!!" As amazed as Mana and Shadow were by Joey Kaiba blew them away even more but not nearly as much as Yugi was about to as the King of Game's made his move.

"NOW! I summon 'Chimera the Flying Mythical Beast', 'Gaia The Dragon Champion', Valkyrion the Magna Warrior', 'Dark Paladin' and Black Luster Solider!" As Yugi's monsters joined Kaiba's the two rivals looked at each other "Ready Kaiba?" Asked Yugi.

"Ready!" Kaiba's response was enough for Yugi to make his move.

"Now I fuse my Black Luster Solider with Kaiba's Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon in order to summon one of the mightiest creatures in all of Duel Monsters, the 'Master of Dragon Solider!" This new Dragon soared over the rest as the duellist stood behind them.

All five duellist lined up and set their sites on Marik then pointed towards their target and in unison screamed. "ATTACK!!" and with that, the monsters charged.

Kim made her way to Ron and knelt in front of him cupping his face in her hands. "Ron…are you ok!?" She asked desperately, she had never seen him like this and it scared her. "RON!" She finally shouted to no avail as Ron still looked blankly to the ground.

"It's my fault Kim. All of this is happening because I brought too much power into this Shadow duel that gave Marik the power he has now. Now there is no hope, we have lost and it's all my fault…"

"NO RON…" Kim interrupted as she fixed her eyes on Ron "…None of us could have seen this coming. Marik tricked ALL of us from the start, you can't blame yourself for any of this. You won the duel and Marik cheated! Pease don't give up on yourself Ron, I haven't…" She paused to Kiss him lightly on the lips "…and I never will" Ron stared at Kim for a few moments and saw the warmth in her eyes and could some how feel it in her heart.

"Kim…" Was all he could say.

Meanwhile the small army of monster flew up to Marik who simply shrugged them off. "HA You call that a challenge!? WIPE THEM OUT MY GODS WITH ALL YOUR FURY!" The three great monster reached fired off an enormous blast which destroyed all apposing creatures like they were nothing causing the duellist to feel the stain seeing this was still a Shadow game. Marik watched on with a sick glee as ours hero's fell to the ground in the pain. Then soon noticed Kim by Ron and realised something. "Interesting…" He thought to himself "…it appears my host has memories about this Kim Possible, rather unpleasant memories. What better way to thank this body then to take out some personal vengeance on Kim Possible!" Marik soon turned to Kim as did the Gods and Marik pointed towards the teen hero. "Ra let us take Kim Possible with us and continue our fun else where!" With that Ra flew down towards the two teen hero's.

Ron was still staring at Kim when suddenly the golden claw of Ra swooped down and before either of them could react Kim was scooped up and taken away the gale caused Ron to be knocked back even further.

Ron quickly picked himself up to see Kim being taken away "KIM!!" He screamed as he engaged in chasing the mighty Gods, he didn't care that they were all powerful beings which had just wiped out an army of monsters all of which were stronger then him. All he cared about was saving Kim, he was so determined that he completely forgot about his deck which was still scattered along the ground from Mari's plasma blast.

Yugi slowly made it to one knee in time to see Ron running after the God's "RON…" He shouted "…don't forget that here in the Shadow Realm you monsters are REAL!!" As loud as Yugi shouted he only assumed Ron couldn't hear him in determination to save Kim.

Ron caught up to Ra and leaped with all his might and clung to Ra's tail seconds before it took to the skies.

It was only until they were a good 1000 Ft in the air did Marik realise of Ron's crashing the party. "It appears we have a stowaway" Marik said with a deadly smile "Ra, drop you extra load and let's see how Ron Stoppable flies!" Mari's sick request was answered as Ra flicked his tail too much for Ron to bare and soon enough he lost his grip and began falling into the darkness.

Ron felt like he was going to fall forever until he realised that this was all familiar "My dream!" He said to himself as he recognised all this from the strange dream he had on the night he got Horus "…Horus?" Ron soon remembered hearing Yugi shout to him about the Shadow realm and monsters being real, but then noticed his deck slot was missing a deck. Ron closed his eyes and thought to himself "This can't be the end. In my dream what was I thinking of?…Kim. I was thinking of Kim, she never stopped believing in me, and I won't stop I WON'T!" "HORUS I NEED YOU!"

Yugi heard Ron's scream then looked over to where Ron's deck was scattered only to see the cards glow an intense gold and disappear. In that very moment Ron's deck area on his duel disk began to glow the same colour and his deck reappeared. Without a moments hesitation Ron placed his index and middle fingers on the top card, even though his eyes were still closed he knew his cards were there, he could feel them. Soon the shinning seal of Horus glowed once again on Ron's forehead and Ron snapped open his eyes and drew his card "I SUMMON HORUS THE BLACK FLAME!!"

Ron soon realised he had stopped falling and had landed on a surface that had slowly stopped him. Ron stood up to realise he was flying on the head of Horus the Black Flame Dragon Lv 8. He kneeled down and stroked the great creatures head then set his site on Marik. "Horus, let's go save Kim!" The great Dragon replied by soaring up after the three Egyptian Gods.

Marik was flying away still fused with Ra as the other two flew along side him believing he had won and nothing could stop him now. When suddenly a huge Flamethrower of black fire blasted in front of him which caused all three Gods to stop in theirs tracks. Marik soon saw Horus and Ron fly up in front of them. Ron stood with his arms crossed and a stern look which burned holes through Mari's eyes.

Marik smirked at this display "So you want you little girlfriend huh?" Ron refused to respond instead Marik just look towards the ground with his sick smile still in place "Then go get her!" and with that Ra released Kim who simply screamed as she plummeted to her death.

"Horus let's go" Ron shouted as the two dived after her. Kim closed her eyes and waited for the end. Soon however instead of feeling the ground splat her, she felt two arms wrap around her then her decent slowed down. She opened her eyes to find herself in the arms of Ron Stoppable.

"Ron?" She whispered as she looked into his eyes.

"I got you K.P…" He said warmly "I've always got you"

Kim felt her eyes begin to water up as Ron set her down, she still clanged to him worried she would fall off.

The team flew back up in front of Marik who still wasn't weathered by this. "So you think you can beat me, as powerful as Horus maybe it is no match for the three Egyptian Gods. Don't you see!? You unified force is useless to you!"

Marik broke out in more laughter when Ron realised something "Unity?" Ron then thought back to what Ishizu told him back at the shop "The power of unity is a great power which is feared….even by the Gods"

"How are we going to beat Marik Ron?" Kim asked "Horus is no match for those Gods"

Ron smiled and looked at Kim with those warm eyes she loved. "We can beat Marik Kim and the answer lies in your deck" She looked at him confusion. "Remember back at the shop when Ishizu whispered something to me?"

"Yeah" She replied remembering that annoying moment.

"She told me that we'll need unity and we happen to have a monster which is all about unity" He said placing his hand atop of Kim's deck.

"You mean…?" She said as she looked at her deck then back at him.

"That's right Kim but we need to believe, and I know I do. What about you?" Kim looked at him then placed her hand atop of Ron's.

"Always Ron, always" and with that something happen which surprised both Ron and Kim, the seal of Horus now appeared on her forehead as well as Ron's.

"Kim your head, you have the seal" Kim felt the area in disbelief.

"Just like you?" she asked.

"Yeah, I guess Horus realised that you and I are connected in the same way he and I are meaning he is apart of you too. Now let's end this…together!"

"Yeah let's do it Ron" The two looked at each other then focused onto Marik which caused him to stop his laughing and flinch. "Now Marik we are going to bring you down!"

With that the two drew the top card on Kim's deck and shouted in unison "WE SUMMON SELVENIA THE DIVINE DRAGON OF UNTIY!!"

And with that the clouds began to form and soon hide Kim and Ron so Marik was unable to see and as the lightning struck the clouds departed and instead of Horus the two were standing on the head of the mighty white Dragon still holding each other. Marik looked on in ore at the great monster as it's intense light almost made it difficult to see.

"That monster doesn't scare me, now go my Gods attack and destroy them ALL!!" Marik waited a few moments and nothing happened the Gods simply remained where they were no moving an inch, much to Mari's confusion. "W…What is going on!?" He demanded "Why won't you attack!?"

Kim and Ron simply smirked at him until Ron answered "It's simple Marik, Kim and I have a power that even the Gods cannot match…"

"…And that is the power of unity" Kim finished as the two looked on at Marik who was growing ever nervous at the fact his great beast refused to attack.

Kim and Ron then aimed there palms towards Marik and his monsters and once again shouted in unison "Go Selvenia attack with DIVINE SPECTRUM NOVA!!" and with that the great Dragon fired a huge beam of intense light and wiped out the three Gods. However Marik was now separated from Ra still in Shego's body and began falling.

To the surprise of Kim and Ron Marik stopped falling and started flying. Marik was once again smirking "You fools forget. You're in my world I control the rules and I know that Selvenia is only because the two of you are! So all I have to do is destroy the both of you, and since Selvenia cannot harm another human being it can't stop me! So now it's no longer time to duel, NO IT'S TIME TO DIE!!"

As Marik flew towards Kim he noticed that the two were smiling at him and Ron soon revealed why.

"You're right Marik, Selvenia can't stop you….but I know a creature that can!" Saying that caused Marik to stop as the might Horus flew up in front of him and blocked his path.

"Horus….!" He screamed "…but how!?" He demanded.

"Where do you think Horus went Marik?" Ron asked rhetorically.

At that moment Ron and Kim pointed directly at Marik and as the team they were both shouted "Now Horus attack Marik and send his evil spirit back to the shadow realm with BLACK FLAME INFERNO!!" The great Dragon did as it was asked and blasted the Marik with all its might. When it had finished a dark stream of energy seeped out of Shego and Mari's spirit was banished.

As the black stream was blasted away all the echoed in the Shadows was Mari's screaming "NOOOOOO!"

After the blast had finished and Marik was banished the unconscious body of Shego simply began to plummet to the ground. Ron and Kim watch and both leapt off after her.

The two flew down like professional skydivers and grabbed Shego, then they looked to the skies and shouted "HORUS" In doing so their Dragon flew under them and caught all three. Then they were brought down to earth, as they demounted Ron held the unconscious Shego in his arms as they were joined by the others who had seen the whole thing and were simply amazed by it.

They looked around and saw the clouds parting swell as Horus and Selvenia vanishing, they looked around to see as the light started to once again piece through and the darkness disburse. Soon they clouds were gone and the day was a beautiful now as when it started, they breathed in the fresh air and bathed in the sunlight that had reappeared and it was then they knew. The Shadow game was over, they had won.