The Three Legendary Knights then struck the ground with their swords and the three layers of the Seal of Orichalcos were destroyed.

"The Seal is powerless in our presence." Hermos said.

"Did you forget our last encounter, Dartz?" Critius asked.

"I certainly haven't." Timaeus said, indicating to the scare on his eye. "I have a score to settle with you Dartz."

After an attack, it was Dartz's turn.

He ordered Shunoros, one of his monsters, to attack Critius, but Yami stopped him.

"Your attack won't work! Due to Critius' special ability, I can bring back one trap card, and I choose Mirror Force!" He said.

Mirror Force was then sucked into Critius' sword and he reflected Shunoros' attack back on Dartz's monsters.

Dartz watched in horror as his monsters were destroyed and his life points went down to 14,100.

But as the smoke cleared, Dartz smiled.

"That was an excellent move, but Shunoros has a special ability as well." Dartz said as Shunoros cracked and fell to pieces, bursting into flames.

Just then a vortex appeared above the duel and a huge serpent came out.

"As soon as Shunoros was vanquished, my Divine Serpent was born! But there's a price to pay. I must discard my entire hand and give up every one of my life points" Dartz said.

"But then that means you lose." Yami said.

"Yes…under normal circumstances. But as long as I have my Divine Serpent is on the field, I remain in the game. But if it's destroyed, you win." Dartz said. "However…the Divine Serpent has an attack of Infinity! Which means there's not a monster in your deck that can stand up to it! And once it strikes your knight, your soul is mine!"

Yami stared at his deck then drew, drawing the Dark Magician Girl.

He remembered her telling him that both of their worlds are in great danger and he was their only hope. "I made her a promise…and I won't go back on my word!" Yami said and set a card face down and ended his turn.

Dartz then drew and discarded ten cards from his deck so his Divine Serpent could attack.

The Divine Serpent destroyed Timaeus and Yami's life points went to zero!

The Seal then reappeared on the field and shrunk around Yami.

"The duel is over." Dartz said.

But then the Seal broke apart and disappeared. As the smoke from the Serpent's attack cleared, Dark Magician Girl appeared on Yami's side of the field.

"How did you survive?" Dartz asked, shocked.

"I activated my trap card, Relay Soul, which allows me to stay in the game when my life points reach zero, by summoning Dark Magician Girl and putting my fate in her hands. Now we're in the same situation. We each have one monster. You have your Divine Serpent and I have Dark Magician Girl. And when that monster is destroyed, the card holder will lose." Yami said and Dark Magician Girl went into defense.

"You may have altered the rules of our battle, but your chances of victory are just as slim." Dartz said.

"I have the spirits of my friends to support me. But you're alone." Yami said.

"I have more power than you or your friends, and I'll prove it by playing this card! The magic card, Impact Revive, bringing back a monster that was destroyed this turn with extra 500 attack points! And I bring back Timaeus!" Dartz said.

"Why would you bring back my card?" Yami asked.

"I wanted to prove how powerless you really are. Impact Revive also lets my monster attack one more time." Dartz said. He discarded ten more cards and ordered Divine Serpent to attack!

"Your soul is mine!" Dartz said.

The serpent approached the Dark Magician Girl.

"I activate Hermos' special effect! Sword of Renewal, allowing Hermos to absorb the effect of a monster from my graveyard." Yami said.

Hermos took the effect of Obnoxious Celtic Guardian, which keeps him from being destroyed by any monster with 1900 or more attack points.

Hermos then intercepted the Divine Serpent's attack.

Then, all three of the Legendary Knights stood together.

"We vow to protect the Pharaoh!" They all said and Divine Serpent's attack failed.

Yami drew. "So much for infinite strength. Attack points don't mean everything." Yami said.

Dartz laughed. "So you dodged one blast! You think you're king of the world now?" He cried.

Yami closed his eyes and the images of all his companions surrounded him.

"It's my last chance to win this duel and free the souls of my friends." He thought to himself.

"Critius and Hermos! Attack the Divine Serpent!" Yami commanded.

Critius attacked with his sword of wisdom and Hermos used his Sword of Renewal.

"They're too weak." Dartz said.

"Are you sure?" Yami asked. "Take a look."

The two Knights were still attacking.

"I don't understand! Why weren't they destroyed the moment they came in contact with the Serpent?!" Dartz cried.

"Each of my Knights have a hidden power." Yami reminded Dartz. "Critius! Absorb the power of the trap card, Attack Guidance Barrier! This allows him to transfer his attack to any other monster on the field, so the new target of his Sword of Wisdom will be Hermos. Now I activate Hermos' special effect, by sacrificing three of my Magnet Warriors so he can triple the attack and send it back to Critius! Now the two Legendary Knights are reflecting the attack back and forth, strengthening it each time until it reaches infinity! But I'm not done yet; I have one more Knight left. I use Timaeus' special ability so he can merge together with Hermos and Critius! Now there's a force that's beyond infinity! The Knight of Destiny!"

"It's impossible!" Dartz cried.

"See for yourself! Knight of Destiny! Attack with Sword of Justice!" Yami ordered and the Knight slashed the Divine Serpent.

Just then, an opening appeared, leading to the space where the souls are floating in their bubbles.

"Hey! That could be a way out!" Joey said.

The Divine Serpent was then consumed in flames.

"Your ten thousand year quest is over." Yami said.

"I've come too close! All I need is one more powerful soul, and the Great Leviathan will rise from the depths of the earth!" Dartz cried.

Beneath the sea, the Leviathan thrashed around while the Divine Serpent writhes in flames.

"It's a little too late." Yami said. "Your Serpent has been destroyed."

The Serpent then disappeared, but the rend in space made by the Knight of Destiny remained over the duel.

The Knight of Destiny disappears as the duel ends and the three Legendary Knight return.

"Now! Release the souls of my friends and all the others you've captured!" Yami demanded.

Dartz growled in frustration and the temple started to shake.

And suddenly, the Great Leviathan appeared behind Dartz, snapping him up in its jaws and disappearing again.


Outside, a green light beamed from the temple's dome and up into the clouds.

"I hope Mr. Kaiba is alright in there." Roland said.

"I hope you and I are alright out here!" The Pilot added in.

Then, green light emerged from a whirlpool in the sea next to Dartz's island.

"It's a cyclone!" Roland exclaimed.

All over the world, dark clouds form.

A voice on the radio is heard, telling the aircraft carrier that a massive storm has been reported to be spreading across the globe! The ship is then ordered to go to yellow alert and remain in position.


Suddenly, Joey, Kaiba, Yugi and Cat's bubbles shot towards the opening in space.

"The Chosen Duelists are released." A voice said.

"Hey! There are other people in here too!" Pegasus complained as he watched them go.


Back in the temple, the three Legendary Knights hold up their hands.

"Chosen Duelists! Cross into the human world!" Timaeus said.

Four balls of light enter through the opening.

One landed in Yami's hands. "Yugi!" He cried.

One was absorbed into Kaiba's unconscious form and the other one flies outside and into the helicopter where it found Joey's body lying on a bench and melts into his chest.

The last one flew to Luna and melted into her chest as well.

The three Knights nodded to Yami and then disappeared.

Yami released the ball of light and closed his eyes as it absorbed into him.

Kaiba opened his eyes and sat up, spotting Mokuba and Kay lying unconscious beside him.

He shook them both by the shoulder. "Wake up!" He said.

Mokuba and Kay then both slowly opened their eyes and sat up.

"Seto!" Mokuba cried with tears in his eyes and hugged his brother's arm.

"Kaiba! You're back! Don't scare me like that again you jerk!" Kay said with tears in her eyes and a small smile.

Cat stirred a little and slowly sat up and then gasped.

"Wha…? I-I'm…back in my body! B-but I wasn't a chosen duelist! Why did they bring me back?" She asked herself.

"You promised the Dark Magician Girl that you would help the Chosen Duelists. So in a way you are a chosen duelist." A familiar voice said.

Cat looked around. "Who said that?" She asked.

"You can't see me…but it's me…Luna." The voice answered.

"Luna! Thank you for taking care of the Pharaoh." Cat said with a smile. "When I last talked to him, he was so depressed. Thanks for helping everyone cheer him up."

"You're welcome…but…I don't think most of it was me." She said.

Honda then woke up and noticed that Kaiba was back. "Anzu!" He said, shaking Anzu.

Anzu sat up, rubbing head. "Where are we?" She asked.

Yami stood with his back to everyone, watching a vortex of light that appeared where Dartz disappeared.

Anzu got up and walked to him. "Is that Yugi?" Anzu asked.

"No…it's the Pharaoh." Honda answered.

"I…don't think so." Anzu said. "I think he's back!"

Then…He turned to look at them. It was Yugi!

Anzu started to cry and ran up to him and hugged him. "It's so good to see you again!" She cried.

"Uh…it's good to see you too." Yugi said with a small smile.

Joey then ran in. "Everyone get outta my way! Where's my little buddy?" Joey asked and ran up to Yugi and hugged his head. "Man! I sure missed this spiky little head!"

Anzu laughed. "Everyone's back." She said.

Honda joined the hug. "Don't forget me!" He said.

Yami appeared in spirit formed and greeted Yugi. "The Legendary Knights set you free." He said.

"Does that mean you beat Dartz?" Yugi asked.

"I did. But as soon as the duel ended, Dartz disappeared into a vortex and I have a bad feeling the worst is yet to come. But at least we'll face it together." Yami said.

"If these guys were set free, I would guess that everyone else Dartz captured was set free as well!' Mokuba said.

"Guess again." Joey said, pointing to Rafael who was still lying there, soulless. "All da other people are still trapped."

Cat finally got up. "Then Dartz didn't uphold his end of the deal." She said.

Roland then ran in. "Mr. Kaiba! Come outside!" He cried and everyone followed him out.

They all saw something huge rising out of the sea and a green beam shooting up out of it.

"It's Atlantis!" Kay cried.

The island city rose from the water and continued to rise into the air.

"Are you sure it's Atlantis?" Honda asked.

"It's a big ancient city-looking thing rising up out of the ocean. That fits the bill." Joey said.

"That must mean Dartz is still out there!" Yugi said.

"Could he have woken up Leviathan?" Joey asked.

Meanwhile, a radio operator aboard the aircraft carrier said that an underwater disturbance has triggered a hurricane over six thousand miles in diameter that's headed for the Atlantic coastline! It will reach land in approximately one hour!

"I don't know what the deal is, but I'm going up there to find out!" Kaiba said.

"Tell us all about it when you get back!" Honda said.

"I'm going too." Yugi said.

"Not there!" Joey cried.

"But how?" Honda asked.

"Maybe you can go by helicopter." Mokuba said.

"You're all nuts!" Honda exclaimed.

"You just got back and now you're going to walk into Dartz's hands again?" Anzu protested. "Walk away while you have the chance!"

"There are still people trapped on the other side who are counting on us." Yugi said.

"Well…you're…right." Anzu reluctantly agreed.

"It's alright. I promise we'll be back soon." Yugi said.

Roland listened to a report from the helicopter. "A massive hurricane is headed for the East Coast!" He cried.

"I'm going up to find Dartz." Kaiba said and turned to go back into the temple.

"Wait up!" Yugi called.

"I'm perfectly capable of handling this on my own." Kaiba said.

Joey then pushed Rafael onto Honda and ran after Kaiba. "Don't think you're getting all the credit for this!" Joey called.

"Don't you have someone else to annoy?" Kaiba asked him.

"Nope." Joey simply said.

Cat got up as well and followed them. Yugi followed as well.

"Wait!" Anzu cried to him.

Yugi stopped and looked at her. "You want to say Good Luck to the Pharaoh, right?" He asked.

"Actually...I wanted to say Good Luck to you. Now go kick some Dartz butt!" Anzu said.

Yugi nodded and continues to follow the other three.