(The first section of this chapter only features our Beta testers' thoughts on their actual purpose for being involved, which some of you probably wanted. This is a pretty interesting chapter. Please review!)

This whole experience took a wild turn for Yugi and friends. They were relaxing after the Pharoah's farewell. The hype was real when Super Smash Brothers Brawl came out for Joey and Tristan. The hype was even more real when Mokuba gave them all special, virtual helmets that sends their minds into the game inside a software for testing. They get to dress as their favorite fighters inside the game, and develop their abilities, as well. They discovered a secret level in the form of a city. In the heart of the city there was a tower with a rec room at the top. They uncovered a TV that sends them in to the Adventure Mode, The Subspace Emissary. Everyone was having the time of their lives.

Everything was fun until they were told what their real purpose were for testing out the helmets. A blue, demonic spirit in the shape of a man with large, purple wings almost like a butterfly's, is trapped inside the game. And he is on the urge of world domination, with the minions he controls now. Now, it's up to Yugi and his friends to go into the game and try their best to keep him imprisoned, hopefully.

Duke couldn't believe what their about to go through again. he and the others had already been through a lot of rough times in an artificial world when they were trapped in Noah's digital dungeon. At least he got to help save the world with his inspiration, Pegasus. He may know a few things about this game, but not everything about the Adventure Mode.

Bakura couldn't be too surprised about their next mission, he's used to these kinds of things like everybody else. After all, he's probably went through worse more then anybody whenever he's been controlled by the Spirit of the Millennium Ring. He is the vessel to that evil spirit as Yugi is to Yami. As much as he's been through a lot, he's more than happy to help save the world from chaos.

Serenity is unsure about this situation. She never thought she'd be part of this. She only wanted to visit her brother so they can finally have more family time. Ever since Battle City, where she was escorted out of the hospital by Tristan, blind, she's been through so much danger, especially when they were imprisoned in Noah's virtual world. As much as she is not suit for these kinds of situation, she wonders if she should use the opportunity to help protect the world from Tabuu. Her mother returns from her trip and she'll come and pick her up in less than a week. So since she won't be around much longer, should she help at all, or would her brother say otherwise?

Mai hasn't decided what to do. She only joined this little club because she wanted to make up for that Orichalcos incident to everyone, especially Joey. She wanted to give him a fair rematch after their last duel. She was so caught up in all the hype Smash Brothers like everyone else that she forgot what her purpose was. But now, she and the others have a new purpose of being the helmet testers. How will she be able to make up for all her screw-ups if she's involved in a mission to stop Tabuu?

Tristan was hyped for the name Smash Brothers game. He was more excited when he received a gaming helmet that sends his mind into the game itself. He didn't think he'd be a of this new objective, to stop Tabuu. He had a hunch that there's a real reason why their commissioned to test the helmets, but the hype distracted him from the slight suspicion. Ever since Serenity came to town, he wanted too impress her in some shape or form. He can't exactly do that if his competitor Duke is going to intervene between them. But maybe, if he defeat Tabuu, possibly all by himself, then it should be enough to win Serenity's. Imagine, Tristan's fantasy could be him sitting on a king's throne with Queen Serenity by his side, drinking a big cup of Duke's tears.

Tea would probably complain about this the most. All she wanted to spend quality time in normality. She wanted to hang out with all her friends without being involved in some soul-stealing, mind-trapping card-game-involved quests. But, ever since the Pharaoh's farewell and Yugi's nightmares about Tabuu, she couldn't stop worrying about him. He's been through so much, and she would have done anything to save him from misery. Now she is willing to help take down this Tabuu, with her friends, for the world, and for her dear friend, Yugi.

Joey was just as excited as Tristan about the game's releasing. They were the most excited out of the whole game, in fact. He was also psyched about Serenity staying over at his new, awesome home. Ever since the divorce between there parents, they were forced to be separated. Joey just wanted to have some free time with his precious little sister. Now that he and the others have another world-saving job to do, things aren't going to be easy for him, because Serenity could be involved, and he doesn't want her involved in anything, especially what happened during Battle City. He knew she'd most likely bail out, but since they haven't seen each other for a while, could she have changed for a bit? One thing for sure, he hopes that his mother will come back and pick her up just so she won't be around when some creatures start roaming around.

Yugi couldn't believe this the most, he keeps having this dream about Tabuu, and now he knows he's real, and on top of that, they have a duty to confront him, and the only way to do that is to beat the other levels to reach him. If only Yami was still around... What would he say? What would he do? What would he suggest? He always gives grand advice. But now that he's gone, he needs to solve this puzzle by himself, then again, he's not alone, he's still got his best friends on his side, even Kaiba. Now, it's up to them to stop Tabuu and keep the world at peace once again. How will they defeat them, though? Can they defeat them?

It's Saturday now, the day of the Egyptian Festival. A banner hangs up on top of the front doors of Domino Museum that says "1st Annual Pharaohfestl!". People begin to enter the building. Inside are people eating Egyptian-themed snacks from a buffet. Some kids are playing Duel monsters at some spacious portions of the rooms. Parents and their very reluctant children looked at some artifacts, some taking picture.s. Their kids probably just came here for the food or a game of Duel Monsters, not really caring for Egyptian history.

Yugi is in a big room of the museum, surveying the party around him. He sees some people dressed up as Pharaohs, Sphinxes, and some Duel Monsters cards, the card game is based off of actual games 5000 years ago in Ancient Egypt. Some men are dressed as King Tut, and some women are dressed up as Cleopatra. Seeing these people showing their respects for Egypt's culture made Yugi smile. Being here made him happy, despite the whole thing about Tabuu. It's been a few days, and he and the others are still thinking on what they can do with that problem. He's still a bit traumatized, but he's fighting it. Hopefully today will make things better.

He looks down at his watch, it read 9:54. Hmm, he thinks, Grandpa and the Hawkins should be here by now.

"Hey, Yugi."

The boy turned around to see a young man walking towards him. The man has tanned skin, lavender eyes, and grayish-white hair that is shoulder-lengthen. He also has on a black tank top and tan cargo pants.

"Marik?" Yugi smiles, "Marik!"

The taller male stops in front of the other. "How are you? It's been awhile."

"Yeah, it has," Yugi nodded. "I see you've heard about this festival."

"Of course! It was Ishizu's idea."

"Really? What inspired her to come up with this festival?"

"Well, after the Pharaoh returned to his home, Ishizu figured they deserve a little appreciation for being a noble race. So, she asked the city if she could host the festival. It wasn't really, though, but we got the authorized permit."

Huh, interesting, he thought, I was kinda expecting she'd spend her life keeping Egypt in check or something. I'm surprised she chose to host one in this city. Then again, it is where Yami originated in as King of Games. "That's really fascinating, Marik!"

"Thank you. So, you came here alone?"

"No," he shook his head. "My Grandpa, his friend, and his friend's granddaughter should be on their way. I asked the others if they could come, too."

"Ishizu and Odion are here somewhere. Perhaps we could walk around until we finf everyone?"

"Sounds like a plan. I can't wait to explore this festival."

Me too. Come on, let's go." Both Yugi and Marik turned and walked down the end of the room together. "Perhaps we could have a duel as well as most of these duelists?"

Yugi laughs, "Yeah right!"

As they walked away, a small pile of Shadow Bugs hid behind an exhibit, spying on them like a hawk.

Tea walks up to the front of the museum. She has on a green jacket, a blue tank top, a pink skirt, and blue shoes. She sees so many people walking into the building. It's nice to have one day of fun, especially after being told that they have to stop evil forces again, for like the hundredth time. Not only that Yami won't help them this time, but there's a possibility that there won't be anything Duel-Monsters-related at all, and Yugi's the king of that card game. Although, since he is the King of Games, maybe it will apply to the game of Smash Brothers?

She shakes her head to remove those thoughts and walks towards the building. Before she could even reach the stairs, two familiar voices yelled her name. She turned to her left and saw Joey and Serenity running up towards her. Joey wears a green jacket, yellow T-shirt, blue jeans, and blue sneakers. Serenity wears a white shirt with a pink heart on the chest, blue jean shorts, and orange flip-flops.

Tea smiles as she greeted the Wheelers back, "Hey! What's up, guys?"

The siblings stopped in front of the brunette. Joey answered, "Nothin' but the sky, dat's what's up! Nyeh heh heh!"

Serenity giggled, "Oh, Joey, you're son funny."

Tea joined in, but with a nervous chuckle, "Yeah, that's a pretty good one," she lied. Someone really needs to buy this girl a clue, she thought.

"So, you guys made it here, after all!"

Tea turned around and the trio saw Mai walking towards them. She wears her same lavender clothing as usual, only difference is that she has a purple tote bag around her right shoulder and she wears something around her left wrist: a duel disk.

Serenity greeted first, "Hey, Mai!"

"Well, look who decided ta show up," said Joey.

"And look who decided to show up without his duel disk," she replied.

In response to that reply, Joey looked down at Mai's wrist before looking at his own. He panicked mentally, Aw, man, he thought, The rematch! I fergot! An' I fergot my duel disk. Aw man, c'mon, think! Think! But without thinking at all, he blurted out, "I NEED TA GET BACK TO DA HOUSE!"

Confused, Serenity asked "Why, Joey?"

"Uhhhhhh," he lets his mouth do the thinking, "I need ta use da bathroom!"

"All the way back home?"

"Uh, Joey?" said Tea, "I'm pretty sure there's a restroom in the museum."

Joey spoke faster, "YEAH, DAT WON'T BE NECESSARY! I'LL BE RIGHT BACK!" With that, he ran away across the sidewalk. He ran as fast as "Speedy the Porcupine", leaving a trail of cloudy dusts.

Tea and Serenity exchanged looks in confusion.

"He forgot his duel disk, did he?" asked Mai.

The other two girls looked back at where Joey ran away at. "Oh, yeah."

The blonde girl sighed, "That's too bad..." She pulls a second duel disk out of her bag. "...I have a spare right here, just in case."

Tea and Serenity turned back to Mai to see the extra duel disk in her hand. Oh, wait til Joey comes back to see that he ran all the way back and forth for nothing. The trio shared a laugh.

"Well, whatever. Forget him. Let's head inside and check this 'Pharaohfest' out," Mai suggested as she placed the disk back in her bag. The brunette and redhead nodded un agreement and followed the blonde into the museum.

The three amigas find themselves inside the building. They were quite astounded by the hype this festival is giving as they look around. The people in Egyptian clothing, the snacks on the tables, some kids playing Duel Monsters, and the cool Egyptian pop music flowing around like scents.

"This party's got it going on," said Mai.

"It's amazing," said Tea.

"It's so wonderful," said Serenity, "It's great we get to go someplace that'll take our minds off you-know-what."

Tea and Mai's faces turned to unhappiness. They know that when Serenity mentioned "You-know-what", they knew she meant Tabuu, their new enemy. They just had that subject off their minds.

Serenity looked back at the un-eased girls. She frowned, "Is it something I said? Oh, when I said about that 'you-know-what', you don't feel like having fun anymore, do you. I'm really sorry for bringing that up, guys."

"No, it's okay, Serenity," Tea.

"Yeah, we know you didn't mean to mention that," said Mai. She smiles, "But none of that matters now. So how about we just put this behind for now and-"

"YUUUUGIIIIII! WHERE ARE YOU!?"

Mai was interrupted by a loud, young girls voice. They turned upfront and saw three people standing in the middle of the room: two old men and a young girl dressed up in an Egyptian gown. She has Egyptian styled make-up above her eyes and she's wearing a black, shoulder-length wig. Tea smiled as she recognized the trio, and unfortunately, the young girl as well. "Hey, Gramps! Mr. Hawkins!"

The three looked behind them and saw Tea and the two other girls. Solomon happily responds, "Ah, Tea!" The two groups met up. "I see you've brought these girlfriends of yours with you."

Tea giggled.

"How are you, Tea?" asked Arthur.

"I'm doing just fine. Me, Mai, and Serenity just entered. Joey ran off home to get something."

Rebecca walks up to the taller brunette, "Pleasure meeting you again, Tea."

"Back at you." I guess, she thought.

"You wanna guess who I am?' she asked, flaunting her costume.

"Uhhh, Cleopatra?"

"Correct! Cleopatra, the most beautiful lady in all of Ancient Egypt!"

"I see." Tea notices that she's not wearing her glasses. "So, you forgot your glasses at home?"

"Pbft, don't be silly. Grandpa bought me a prescription for contact lenses at that new mall, Domino Heights. You see, not only this getup is to fit in with the festival, but it's also to impress my future husband, Yugi," she explained as she flips her hair, er, wig.

Tea's eye started twitching as she makes a fake laugh, "Oh, is that so?"

"Ooooooooohhhhhhh," whispered Mai and Serenity before sharing a brief giggle. Tea slowly looked over her shoulder and gave them a death stare. The gigglers placed their fists to their lips and cleared their throats.

"And look!" Tea turned her head back to the shorter girl. She waves a pink, blue, and yellow cellphone in front of her face, making Tea make an even more distasteful face. "I heard that Yugi's grandpa bought him a Dark Magician-theme cellphone, so I asked mine to buy me a Dark Magician Girl-themed phone. Wouldn't that be even more romantic?"

Tea narrow her eyes at the girl and thought, "Yeah, even though their relationship is teacher and student."

"Oh, Rebecca," said Arthur, "you've always been full of interesting things..."

"Well, anywho," said Solomon, "We're looking for Yugi. Have you seen him?"

The brunette looked up at the old man, "Uh, no, sir."

"Hmm, he should be here right now. Would you girls like to help search for him?"

"Um, sure! We'll be right with you."

"Very well, then," said Arthur. "Come along Rebecca.

Solomon and the Hawkins turned and walked away in search for a kid-like teen with spiky hair. Shouldn't be too hard to find him, right. Rebecca turned her head and stuck her tongue out playfully at Tea, fuming the brunette even more. She "grrrrr'd" as she raises her fist up.

"Wow, Tea. I didn't know you have competition," said Serenity. "In fact, I didn't remember you having a thing for Yugi."

"Yeah, it looks you and Little Ms. Stuck-Up Pipsqueak over there will (not) get along real well," remarked Mai, with her arms crossed and a smirk on her face.

Tea makes another fake laugh, "Funny. Come on, let's go," she grumbled as they catch up to the other trio.

Yugi and Marik trotted across a corridor, the walls are filled with ancient artifacts.

Mariks down on Yugi, "So, Yugi, how's your life been? Anything new?"

"No, nothing special," he replied, looking down.

The dark-skinned man frowned when he noticed the sad look on Yugi's face, "What's the matter, Yugi? Is something wrong?"

"It's nothing, really."

"Oh. come on. You can tell me. We're friends now, aren't we? Tell me what's bothering you."

Yugi looks up at the taller male. He sighed, "Ok... About a couple of weeks ago, I started to have this same nightmare about a blue spirit named Tabuu. He says, 'Free me, or else', in a really creepy way. Then, he makes a weird blade appear and starts to slash at me, but that's when I wake up. I kept having that same dream until a week after."

"Wow. Sorry to hear that."

"It's okay. I'm just glad that dream finally got out of my system."

"So, then why are you still unhappy about this?"

Yugi sighed, "It's complicated right now."

The two males reached a staircase. As the walked down the stairs, a trail of Shadow Bugs slowly followed them.

Yugi and Marik made their way to another big room. This big room is the one room with the two rock carvings. One of them indicates tablets that looked like Duel Monsters cards, the other indicates the first Shadow Games between the Pharaoh and Kaiba's ancestor. The area is crowded with even more people.

Yugi and Marik looked around. Yugi smiled a bit. It sure is nice for him to come here again. He eyed at the two rock carvings. It reminded him of the day when Yami took over and he and Tea spent all day traveling around Domino City, and this is the last place they've gone to. Though, this party is starting to cheer him up, he now misses the Pharaoh even more.

Marik looks around some more until he stopped turning his head. "Hey! There they!"

Yugi snapped out of his train of thoughts and saw Marik walking away. Yugi quickly follows. The Shadow Bugs crept down the stairs and followed Yugi.

As Yugi caught up to Marik, they started to approach two more tanned-skinned people having a conversation. One is a tall man in a brown tee and black pants. He is a bald man with a black ponytail, greenish-brown eyes, and has a tattoo of Egyptian hieroglyphics on his far left half of his face. The other is a woman with blue eyes. She has long, black hair, on her front, golden, Egyptian jewelry wrapping around two locks of it. She wears an antique headband with an emerald on her forehead and a white gown that leads all the way down to her feet.

"Odian! Ishizu!"

The two people turned to Marik and Yugi. Ishizu smiled, "Hello, Yugi."

"Good to see you, Ishizu. You too, Odian."

Odian nodded, "You too. So, how do you like the festival?"

"It's great! You did a great job hosting this party, Ishizu."

"Thank you. I wanted to give the Pharaoh more appreciation," she said.

"I know. Marik told me. It's really great to be here."

Marik gratefully looked between his siblings and Yugi, even though Odian isn't really their brother. As he glanced at Yugi he spotted something moving behind him at the corner of his eye. His eyes widened, "Uh, Yugi? There's something moving behind you," he said as he points to the Shadow Bugs.

Yugi glanced at Marik before turning around. He saw nothing until he looked down, the clump of Shadow Bugs forming in front of him. It grew tall and formed a Sword Primid, holding its Beam Sword in front of its face, ready to strike.

(AN: Here's yet another cliffhanger for you guys. This was a really interesting chapter to write. Please leave a review! Happy New Years, everyone! See you next year!)