"Yugi, what do you think that dragon was?" asked the pharaoh.

"I don't know, but it might have something to do with the evil forces that we need to stop." Yugi said while running towards the dragon.

"I see, still there's something unusual about that dragon." the pharaoh said. "Be on your guard."

"Right, well we'll find out right now." Yugi said thoughtfully.

"Yugi, what are you doing here?" Akiza asked.

"Akiza, did you summon that dragon?" Yugi asked.

"Yeah, I wanted to let my friends know where I was. There's something we need to talk about quickly." Akiza said just as Leo, Luna, Crow, Sky, and Angel all arrived.

"Akiza, you felt that didn't you?" Crow asked.

"Yeah, something's happened to Yusei and Jack." Akiza said nervously.

"Wait, what do you mean?" Yugi asked.

"I guess we should explain, these marks connect us to each other." Akiza said.

"As for Angel and me, well when we saw the Black Rose Dragon we knew something was wrong." Sky said.

"Is this more of your nonsense Yugi?" Kaiba asked walking up to them. "Now which one of you summoned that dragon?"

"Yugi Moto and Seto Kaiba, good this makes it easier for me." said a figure in shadows.

"Who are you, show your face." Kaiba said.

"If you must know I am Marik, and my mindslaves are waiting for you at the pier." the figure said. "I challenge the two of you to a tag duel."

"You're challenging me and Yugi, what kind of joke is this?" Kaiba asked.

"It's no joke, the two of your will be defeated and then I shall possess everything I deserve." the figure said before collapsing.

"Akiza, are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Sky asked.

"I don't know, but I hope not." Akiza said before the eight of them started running towards the pier.

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"So you two decided to show up, I guess that means you came to lose." Jack said with a smirk.

"Don't underestimate them Jack, these two are some of the best duelists ever." Yusei said.

"Yusei, Jack, what happened to you guys?" Leo asked.

"That should be obvious, they work for master Marik now, and once they win he'll have the Millennium Puzzle and the three Egyptian God Cards." said a man in a purple cloak. "Now just sit back and enjoy the show."

"Fine, if you two want to duel me and Yugi you've got a duel." Kaiba said.

"This should be fun." Yusei said. "Let's get this settled right now, Yugi can go first, then me, followed by Kaiba and finally Jack."

"That's fine, now let's get the duel started." Kaiba said.

"Duel." said Yusei, Jack, Yugi, and Kaiba simultaneously.

Yugi/Kaiba 8000 Yusei/Jack 8000: "I'll start by setting one monster in facedown defense mode, and then I'll set two cards facedown." Yugi said. "That ends my turn."

"Not bad, there's a reason you're the king of games." Yusei said. "Still this duel won't be easy for you two, I summon Max Warrior in attack mode and set two cards facedown, now I attack your facedown monster with Max Warrior."

"You attacked my Giant Soldier of Stone, and his defense points are higher than Max Warrior's attack points." Yugi said just as his monster was destroyed.

"When he attacks Yusei's Max Warrior gains 400 attack points." Jack explained. "Of course after that his attack points and level gets cut in half."

"I'll end my move." Yusei said calmly.

"Alright, time I show you how a real duelist plays." Kaiba said. "I summon Blade Knight in attack mode, and next I'll set one card. Now Blade Knight attacks your Max Warrior."

"Nice try, but I play my trap card Scrap-Iron Scarecrow, this card negates your attack and then I can set it back on the field." Yusei said.

"That changes things, in that case I'll end my turn by setting one card and activating Spell Sanctuary, now all of us add one spell card to our hand, and if you have a spell card facedown you can play it even on your opponents turn." Kaiba said.

"Well then it's my move, so I'll start by restoring Max Warrior's attack points and level, and next I'll summon Dark Resonator." Jack said. "Time for a synchro summon, Dark Resonator give Max Warrior a tune-up. I synchro summon Exploder Dragonwing."

"A synchro monster on your first move, not bad." Kaiba said. "Unfortunately I have the Synchro Roar trap. Now I can summon a monster that has the same level as yours, and since he's on my team this applies to Yugi as well."

"Thank you Kaiba, I call to the field my mighty Buster Blader, and thanks to his effect he gains 500 attack points for every dragon on the field or in the graveyard, which means he has 3100 attack points." Yugi said.

"3100, that's powerful, of course when I can still attack Blade Knight things might be different." Jack said. "Now then, when I attack a monster with less than attack points than my Exploder Dragonwing, I automatically destroy it and deal damage equal to that monsters attack points."

"You can't be serious." Kaiba said nervously.

"He's very serious." Yusei said.

"I end my turn with one facedown card." Jack said calmly.

Yugi/Kaiba 6400 Yusei/Jack 8000: "This duel is far from over, I start by activating my Dust Tornado in order to destroy your Scrap-Iron Scarecrow." Yugi said. "Next I'll set one monster in defense mode and next I'll attack Exploder Dragonwing with Buster Blader."

"Not bad, but I play the trap card Powerful Rebirth." Jack said. "This brings Max Warrior back with 100 extra attack points and an increase of one to his level."

"I end my turn." Yugi said.

Yugi/Kaiba 6400 Yusei/Jack 7100: "It's my move, so now I'll bring out one of my synchro monsters, I summon Junk Synchron, and tune him with Max Warrior in order to synchro summon Junk Destroyer." Yusei said. "Now I can use his effect, so for each non-tuner monster I used to summon him one card you control gets sent to the graveyard, so say goodbye to Buster Blader."

"I reveal the Swords of Revealing Light." Yugi said. "This blocks all your attacks for three turns."

"Fine, I'll end my move." Yusei said calmly.

(The duel between Yusei and Jack, and Yugi and Kaiba has begun. Next chapter the duel will continue. As always any reviews or critique is appreciated.)