Still weeping, Mokuba glared at Dartz. "Give him back!" Mokuba shouted.

Dartz ignored Mokuba's demand.

The temple began to shake and pieces from the ceiling started to fall.

"What's going on?" Yami asked.

Outside of the temple, Roland and the pilot wonder what's going on as well as the island shook.

A great darkness then started to engulf the entire Earth.

Lighting started to flash.

Even in the desert, where Duke, Rebecca and Professor Hawkins were.

They were standing in the road beside the motor home.

And then…under the ocean…the Great Leviathan roared.

"Did you hear that?" Dartz asked. "Due to Kaiba's generous donation, the Great Leviathan is almost ready."

"Tell your lizard to spit out my brother!" Mokuba snapped at Dartz.

"Silence!" Dartz snapped at Mokuba.

Behind him, an eye appeared in the Seal and waves of force flew from it, knocking everyone back, becoming unconscious on the floor.

"Everyone!" Yami cried as Dartz laughed.

"You're all alone now." Dartz said. "But don't worry. Your friends are fine. I don't need weak souls. I just wanted to spend some quality time with you, one on one."

"I don't appreciate it." Yami growled.

"You and I met five thousand years ago, when you were the King of Egypt." Dartz continued. "When the Battle of Atlantis ended, I thought the Great Leviathan was gone forever…until I met you."

"What does that evil creature have to do with me?" Yami asked.

Suddenly, Dartz created a vision again, and they were hovering above an ancient Egyptian city on the Seal of Orichalcos.

"It's the palace of the Pharaoh in the year three thousand, BC." Dartz explained as they went inside of the palace.

Yami spotted himself with the priest that looked like Kaiba!

They were facing a huge serpentine, winged monster.

The priest stepped forward. "Pharaoh! Allow me to vanquish this intruder!" He said.

"No…I'll deal with it." The Pharaoh form of Yami said and summoned Obelisk the Tormentor.

The Egyptian God rose and attacked the serpentine with its Fist of Fury.

"Why are we watching this?" Yami asked.

"It was on this very day that I first realized that the Great Leviathan would rise again, all because of you and the magic you weaved. Once Atlantis was destroyed and the Great Leviathan was laid to rest, I was forced to wander the world and wait. I couldn't destroy the world on my own. I needed power. That's where you come in." Dartz said.

The vision then showed the winged monster fleeing the palace with the Pharaoh following him on horseback and Slifer the Sky Dragon following him.

Everyone scattered as the Pharaoh rode through the streets and one of them was Dartz, who watched the Pharaoh with interest.

"I sensed immediately that your life energy was exactly what I needed. But the time wasn't right, so I continued to wait." Dartz said.

"Why didn't you confront me back then?" Yami asked.

"There was another individual threatening to destroy the planet at that time. And he was in my way." Dartz said.

The vision then showed the Egyptian city smoldering in ruins. "I knew that my day would come…and it did." Dartz continued.

The vision then went to present day…to Yugi's bedroom where he sat at his desk, putting the Millennium Puzzle together.

"Five thousand years later, a naïve young man unlocked the dark magic, and brought the return of the Shadow Games. And the rebirth of you and your rivals, Kaiba and Bakura." Dartz said.

"So that's why you've been targeting my friends." Yami said.

"That's right. Never before have I encountered such a powerful group of souls." Dartz grinned.

"You're sick!" Yami sneered.

"It was you who ushered in the age of the Shadow Games five thousand years ago, and nearly wiped out your whole kingdom." Dartz said.

"That's a lie!" Yami growled.

"But I saw it all. The way you conjured up creatures to do your bidding. You're evil and there's no denying it. And soon you'll get what you deserve, when I feed your soul to the Great Leviathan and complete the plan I started centuries ago!" Dartz said. "Do you know why you were sent here? It was no fluke. Five thousand-year-old spirits don't suddenly return for no reason. Fate brought you back so I could save the world by offering your power to the Great Leviathan!"


Meanwhile…in some otherworldly place, bubble floated through space, each with a person trapped inside.

Joey was in one of them.

His eyes slowly opened and he looked around. "I've had some weird dreams, but this one take the cake!" He cried and looked around some more before he spotted a great eye in the distance, where the bubbles seemed to be floating towards.

"Hold on! I remember being trapped in a duel…but how did I end up floating around in here?" He asked himself.

"Joey!"

Joey looked over and spotted Yugi in another bubble nearby.

"Long time no see! I'm glad you're alright!" Yugi said with a smile.

"Do you call this alright?" Joey asked. "If we don't escape soon, we never will! Now…where are we?"

Then he stopped and noticed other duelists trapped in other nearby bubbles. There was Valon, Amelda and Mai. Then Rafael, Kaiba and Cat!

"Everyone here has had his soul captured. This must be where the Orichalcos spits you out after you lose a duel!" Joey cried and freaked out.

"C-calm down! M-maybe this is all just a dream!" He tried to calm himself down.

Cat was awake and nearby Joey. "I'm afraid this is no dream." She said.

Joey tried to call out to the other duelists, but then he started to cough. "Whoa…why can't I exert any force?" He asked.

"It's the eye…it's using up everyone's energy." Yugi explained.

"And things are about to get worse." Cat said worriedly.

Up ahead, the bubbles were getting sucked into the eye.

"That's the Great Leviathan. It's using souls for power." Pegasus said as he sat in a bubble nearby.

"AWW! I DON'T WANT TO BE TURNED INTO SOUL FOOD!" Joey cried.

"We can still get out of this mess if the Pharaoh defeats Dartz." Yugi said.

"But how is he going to do that? Rich Boy's with us now…that means da Pharaoh is facing Dartz alone now!" Joey said.

"Kaiba may have been knocked out of the fight, but the Pharaoh's not alone. He's still got all of us." Yugi said.

"We may not be right beside him…" Cat started.

"But that's never stopped us before!" Yugi finished.

"I wonder if that will work this time. Dartz is playing by a whole new set of rules, and nothing can take down that Orichalcos card." Joey wondered.

"There is one thing that can help…that card I gave him. It can beat Dartz. It was during a trip to Egypt that I was inspired to create Duel Monsters. After I made an astonishing discovery; ancient kings and sorcerers once performed dark rituals to conjure real monsters. These creatures were believed to have lived in a universe parallel to ours, and guarding the gateway to this dominion of the beasts were three Legendary Dragons; Timaeus, Critius, and Hermos. These dragons weren't what they appeared to be. They were buried with a dark secret, so I created a card that unlocked the mystery." Pegasus explained.

"What's the secret?" Cat asked.

"I spent many years scouring the globe trying to find out. First, I searched the microscopic world, then I scanned the vast reaches of the entire universe. But other than one stone tablet buried in the sands of Egypt, there was no record of the existence of these dragons. Then it dawned on him. What if these dragons weren't dragons at all? What if they're humans?" Pegasus said. "During the battle of Atlantis, Dartz transformed three brave knights into dragons in order to weaken them. Now, the Pharaoh must restore them to their original form, before the trapped souls disappear forever!" Pegasus excalimed.


"Don't you see what's happening here? The Orichalcos has corrupted your mind! It's been filling your head with lies for over ten thousand years!" Yami cried.

Dartz only laughed.

"You've been lying to the world for almost as long, trying to convince everyone that fate sent you here to protect the world from evil. In fact, your heart is filled with evil, the same evil you claim to be fighting. You represent the darkness inside all humans. For that, they all must be punished. Today, history repeats itself, and the Battle of Atlantis shall begin again." He said.

"I won't let you begin another war!" Yami said.

"But it's already begun." Dartz said.

"If that's the case, I'll end it here and now!" Yami said.

They dueled more. (I know writing this is lame, but I REALLY don't want to write out the whole duel! . Wayyyy too long!)

"What's the point? Look around Pharaoh. You're all alone. Your friends aren't able to support you and the score's not exactly in your favor. So why drag out the torment when all you have to do is forfeit, and you can join your friends on the other side." Dartz said.

"Maybe…he's right. He has 20,000 life points and three indestructible monsters. Maybe I can do more for my friends by surrendering and allowing the Orichalcos to take me where they are." Yami thought to himself.

"Go on! Give up! Your friends are lost without you! Don't you want to be by their side?" Dartz asked. "Declare defeat and you will be set free to see your friends one last time before the rise of the Beast. It's time for you to accept your true destiny. You've returned to Earth to pay for the wrongs you once committed." Dartz said.

Yami's eyes started to glow green.

"In order to compensate for the past, you must join him in ushering in the age of the future and surrender your spirit." Dartz said.

Yami stared at his duel disk. "I must…surrender my soul." He said. "It's fate." He lifted his hand to place it over his deck.

"Yes…listen to the voice of reason inside your head." Dartz urged him on.

Yami's eyes continued to glow green as he reached a trembling hand towards his deck.

He then remembered Kaiba using his trap card to give Yami's dragon's attack points before being taken by the Orichalcos.

He remembered Joey telling him that he would be right by his side.

And he remembered Yugi and Cat pushing him out of the Orichalcos Seal to take them instead.

Then he remembered Kaiba, Joey, Yugi and Cat falling into the Orichalcos.

Yami then saw himself floating naked under water.

(-ahem This really happened in the Japanese version.-

Fangirls: squeal!

Me: o.O; Er…yeah. You know nothings showing right?

Fangirls: shrug

Me: Yeah that's what I though. Nevermind then.)

The Millennium Puzzle turned transparent. Yami then saw his friends floating towards the surface past him.

"I'm nothing…I have nothing…nothing is left." He thought to himself as he sunk deeper into the water.

Yami's hand wavered over his deck.

"The time has come." Dartz said. "Sacred Seal! Encircle the Pharaoh!"

The seal then shrunk around Yami who still sees himself as if he's sinking underwater.

His tears then fell onto the Millennium Puzzle and it glowed.

A column of golden light formed around Yami and when the Seal reached it, it got repelled!

Dartz gasped in shock as the Seal expanded around the duel once again.

"Impossible!" He exclaimed. "No one can overcome the power of the Orichalcos!"

Yami stood in the column of golden light and around him the images of his friends appear:

Yugi, Cat, Joey, Kaiba, Honda, Mai, Anzu, Valon, Chris, Amelda, Duke, and Ironheart.

"Why didn't the Seal take you soul?!" Dartz demanded to know.

The images of Yami's friends all disappeared into the golden column. Yami's tears fell onto his hand.

"You forced me to gaze inside my heart, thinking I would only find darkness. But you were wrong! My heart is filled with the light of friendship and no magic can take that away!" Yami said. "Thank you for reminding me that my friends are always with me, and we're going to win this fight."

Yami drew a card and the golden column of light disappeared. With his arm still outreached, holding the card, Yami gasped.

It was the card Pegasus gave him! He could sense it.

"Dartz! Do you know what's in my hand? It's the key to unlocking the secret of the Legendary Dragons." Yami said and held up the card. But it wasn't blank anymore…there was an image on it of three dragons and three swords.

"Legend of Heart!" Yami cried and played it. "By paying 1000 life points and sacrificing my Obnoxious Celtic Guardian, this lets me summon Critius, Hermos and Timaeus in their true form!"

The three dragons appeared and flew up into the clouds.

"After ten millennia in captivity, they've finally be set free!" A voice said.

Both Yami and Dartz looked up in amazement as lightning flashed and three knights appeared on the field. They looked a lot like Kaiba, Yami and Joey. The green knight, Timaeus has a scar across his right eye where he was once stabbed by Dartz.

He pulled out his sword and announced his name.

The blue Knight said he was Sir Critius and the red knight is Sir Hermos.

They each had 2800 points and they crossed their swords, saying: "In the name of Atlantis, we have been reborn!"