~Ari~

"Don't worry, Master, you're safe!" Mana says, "Not bad, eh?"

"Thank you Mana." Mahad says, "Even in my absence, I can see you're improving greatly."

Mana then stands by one of the holes in the ceiling and jumps down into the chamber and stands next to Yami and I. "Alright, let's do this!" Mana says.

The three of our monsters each charge up an attack and combine them toward Diabound. The tri-attack fires directly toward Diabound, but the dark spirits once again form a shield around it. Dang, how are we supposed to defeat it? "Nice try, but even a combined attack can't stand up to Diabound!" Bakura says, "Now dark spirits, increase our odds!"

The spirits fly into Diabound and its body begins to let off a light purple aura. The one Diabound then multiplies into four, each having the same devastating attack power. Those spirits seem to not only defend Diabound, but also give it more strength as well. Crap. "Diabound, finish them!" Bakura shouts.

"Counterattack!" Yami says.

The three of our monsters fire their attacks toward three of the four Diabound's. Each attack hits them square-on and they blow up. As our monsters recover, however, the real Diabound charges up an attack toward our monsters and hits Mahad into the wall. Yami starts coughing rather slowly, "Are you alright?" I ask.

"Y-yes." He says.

Diabound begins to charge another attack and aims it toward the three of us. Mana raises her wand and a hat forms around us. The hat is pitch black, and I figure this must be like an ancient Magicial Hats-type thing. "Fools! You can't hide! I'll attack them all!" Bakura shouts.

I hear three of the hats explode beside us and then an attack hits the one we're in, causing us to fly off and hit the ground. I get up slightly and see Diabound about to claw us in half, but then a sword comes out of nowhere and hits Diabound. I turn around to see Duos regaining its sword and Seto, Karim, Isis, and Shimon run into the chamber. "Your Majesties! Are you alright?" Seto asks. "Thank goodness you weren't alone." He glances toward Mahad.

"We're fine." I say standing up.

"Right, come forth, Mystical Elf!" Isis calls.

The Mystical Elf appears and uses a spell that rains glitter down on Yami. He now looks fully healed and gets to his feet. "Well, isn't this just fantastic?" Bakura says, "Of course, it would be better if the Pharaoh was weaker, but I suppose as long as I get those four other Millennium items in this room, things should go well."

"Do not speak such words, Bakura! We shall defeat you, and you know it." Seto says.

"Come out, Curse of Dragon!" Karim says.

Now we have an army of five monsters; I hope that's enough. "Diabound, attack!" Bakura says.

"Defend us!" Seto shouts to our monsters.

The five of our monsters all charge up an attack and blast it toward Diabound at once. However, the Spirit Shield around it still stands. Ugh, why can't that thing just give up? "Diabound, Wave of Multiple Fangs attack!" Bakura says.

Our monsters dodge the attack, but the Mystical Elf gets destroyed. Isis flinches, but doesn't look too damaged. How will we stop Diabound?

~Sabrina~

I kneel on the ground totally out of breath. As soon as Yami and Ari left, we just kept getting hunted by Bakura's army. I lean over the edge of the cliff we're on to see the army slowly walking below. They haven't attacked us lately and I think they'd have seen us, so I wonder why they don't keep chasing us. "Look guys, instead of being chased around, how about we actually do something useful?" Tristan says.

"Like what? They don't want our help, so what can we do?" I ask.

"Their names! We've been looking for them this whole time, but we just now remember to do so!" Yugi says.

"Exactly." Tristan says, "So the first time the Pharaoh and Queen saved Egypt, they mysteriously lost their memories. Well, what if they did it on purpose?"

"You're suggesting they erased their own memories?" Yugi says, "How could we have missed that?! It's right in front of our faces! They must be trying to protect something from their past that only they knew about! But why weren't their names on that Tablet?"

"It had to be erased." Tristan says.

"Of course! Shadi spoke of the true evil that their supposed to face again, so maybe their names have to be the key to stopping it!"

Tristan nods. Joey then looks toward us, "Um, slow down here." He says.

"Joey, they never just forgot their memories." I say, "They wiped them clean so all of it, along with their names, would never be known. They wanted to make sure that even they wouldn't know the secret."

"So that monster we saw in their minds must be what the great evil is." Yugi says, "Bakura must be trying to resurrect it with the Millennium Items, but can't do so within the name!"

"So, come on, let's find their names." Tristan says.

"Oh yeah? Where we gonna find it?" Joey says.

"The palace! They've got to have some records of them in there!" I say, "Maybe since we saw the Pharaoh and Queen, then maybe it'll let us in."

"Then let's go!" Tristan says already running ahead of us. I hope we'll find it.

~Ari~

"Duos, attack!" Seto shouts.

"Diabound, remind them of your strength!" Bakura shouts.

Diabound fires multiple blasts, which hit all of our monsters, but luckily don't destroy them. My chest constricts with pain, so I clutch it to try and numb the pain. I stand back up while the others are still trying to recover. "Divine Queen, Vortex of Light attack!" I shout. She goes in for an attack and fires, but the Spirit Shield still remains active. "Keep going!"

She continues the assault, but Diabound still takes no damage. "Ha! You people never learn." Bakura says, "Diabound, attack!"

Divine Queen fires a counterattack, which both attacks seem almost equal for the moment, but Diabound quickly overpowers Divine Queen and destroys her. I fall onto my knees and it feels as though my insides are up in flames. I cough, which causes a few drops of blood to drip onto the floor. Err… curse him! Yami immediately runs to me, "Are you alright?" he asks.

"I-I'll be fine." I say.

"We must try another tactic." Seto says, "Karim, are you in?"

"Yes, Millennium Scale, fuse together Duos and Curse of Dragon to form Duos Dragon!" Karim shouts.

Mahad then flies up on top of the Dragon to combine their power even further. "Duos, attack!" Seto shouts.

"Diabound, Spiral Surge!" Bakura responds. Both attacks fire and hit each other, neither letting one overpower the other. "Spirits of Kul Elna, give Diabound strength!"

Diabound fires a second attack, which begins to rapidly overpower Duos Dragon's attack. "Duos, Aura Sword!" Seto commands. It holds back the attack, but Diabound still seems to be inflicting more damage. I then notice Seto's outstretched arm holding the Rod is beginning to have smoke come from it, "H-help me, Karim."

"Flame Burst attack!" Karim shouts.

Even with three attacks, Diabound cannot be stopped. The Flame Burst attack fires toward Diabound's shield and I notice part of it is beginning to melt. "Illushu, come forth!" Bakura says.

A small bat-like creature appears next to Karim. It fires a small attack toward Karim, causing him to drop the Millennium Scale. He goes to retrieve it, but a dark spirits grabs it first and hands it to Bakura. "Time to say goodbye to your fused monster." Bakura smirks. Duos Dragon then de-fuses back into Duos and Curse of Dragon. "Diabound, attack!" Diabound charges another attack and destroys the rest of our monsters, except for Mahad, and sends us backwards."Now Millennium Scale, combine Diabound and Illushu!"

Great, now Diabound is even more powerful. I cough up another drip of blood and get up onto my hands and knees. I glance over to see Yami standing up and slowly walking toward Bakura. What is he doing? "Dark Spirits!" he says, "Judge me; I am the one you want!"

N-no. He can't. He just can't! I try to get up to my feet, but I come back to my knees. I don't have the strength to save him, or protect him. "Don't do it!" I shout, "You can't give up!"

"Even if my father, Aknamkanon knew..." Yami says, "For the sake of creating the Millennium Items, a great deal of sacrifices were needed... If my companions had suffered the same thing, I would probably have a heart filled with hatred. To accept this judgment is fate that I, as the cursed Pharaoh, cannot escape from!"

"Well, you heard him, kill him!" Bakura shouts.

The spirits fly out of the ground and go toward Yami. I close my eyes; I cannot let myself see this. My eyes begin to water as I hear Yami yell in pain. "What is happening?" Seto says.

I open my eyes to see Yami shaking and a golden light forming around his body. "Spirits of Kul Elna, it is not my son you seek vengeance from… it is I."

Out of the golden light, the silhouette of a man appears above Yami. The man wears royal robes and a sad expression on his face. "Aknamkanon?!" Bakura says.

This is Yami's father? Aknamkanon outstretches his arms and the spirits exit Yami's body and go straight into Aknamkanon's. Diabound begins to strink and its power must be decreasing as well. Aknamkanon looks back at the rest of us with a sad smile along his lips. "Father… you saved me." Yami says, "But what is to happen now?"

"He is to lead these spirits to the Realm of the Dead, where they belong." Mahad informs.

Aknamkanon's body begins to disappear and shimmers of light, "Farewell… father."

I get up onto my feet as the other Priests do the same. "Diabound has been weakened. Mahad, strike him now!" Yami commands.

Mahad stabs Diabound with its staff and begins to charge an attack while the staff is still jammed into Diabound. "Magic Wave attack!" Mahad yells.

Diabound's body begins to puff up and then emit a huge explosion that reaches just inches away from us. Bakura starts choking and coughs up blood. It is over. It has to be.

Hooray, I finally got myself to shut up last chapter. I was watching season 0 yesterday and I immediately started thinking of why I never did it, since that season is freakin awesome. But I'm trying to get that off of my mind. I'm still trying to think of how I'll write the 'game table' part next chapter, but I think I got an idea, maybe.