"How predictable, these fools thought they could stand up to the powers of an Egyptian God Card." Marik said. "Well pharaoh, I think it's time for us to annihilate the rest of these fools."

"I have a feeling you'll be pleasantly surprised with what we can pull off in a duel Marik." Yusei said.

"Be careful you guys, who knows what Marik is planning." Joey said.

"We've dealt with people like him before." Sky said. "Don't worry about us."

"The second semi-final duel is about to begin." Roland said calmly.

"You can take the first turn Sky." Yugi said calmly.

"That works for me." Sky said calmly.

"Duel." said Yusei, Sky, Yugi, and Marik simultaneously.

Sky/Yusei 8000 Yugi/Marik 8000: "I'll start things off by setting a monster in defense mode and playing two cards facedown." Sky said. "That ends my move."

"Then it's my turn." Yugi said calmly. "I'll start by summoning my Big Shield Gardna in defense mode, and next I set one card facedown. That ends my move."

"Alright, in that case I'll draw and start by playing my Celestial Comet in defense mode." Yusei said. "Next I'll set one card and play Celestial Wizard with his effect."

"So you have three monsters, but none of them can get past Big Shield Gardna's 2600 defense points." Yugi said.

"They don't have to, I reveal Sky's Celestial Envoy Falcon." Yusei said. "When he's flip summoned he's destroyed and Sky can add a spell card to her hand."

"In that case I'll add the Aura of the Envoy magic card to my hand." Sky said.

"Now that she's holding that, I'll end my turn." Yusei said.

"This duel will end soon enough, it's simply a matter of time." Marik said calmly. "I'll start with the magic card Graceful Charity, this allows me to draw three cards as long as I send two of my cards to my graveyard. Now I'll summon my Drillago in attack mode and end my turn."

"In that case it's my move again, and since Yusei used the effect of Celestial Envoy Falcon last round I have to pay 500 life points this turn." Sky said. "Though now I can play Aura of the Celestial Envoy."

"What does that card do?" Yugi asked.

"Aura of the Celestial Envoy allows me to add any card to both players hands." Sky said. "So Marik add the Monster Reborn card to your hand."

"You truly are a fool, you've just handed me the means to end this duel." Marik said calmly.

"We'll see, I add Celestial Envoy Priestess to my hand." Sky said. "Now I'll set one card and end my move."

Sky/Yusei 7500 Yugi/Marik 8000: "In that case it's my move again, so I'll sacrifice Big Shield Gardna in order to summon my Dark Magician Girl." Yugi said. "Now I attack your Celestial Wizard."

"I reveal my Celestial Envoy Gateway trap card, this let's me send my Celestial Envoy Priestess to the graveyard to negate your attack." Sky said.

"In that case I'll end my move by equipping Dark Magician Girl with my Book of Secret Arts." Yugi said. "That ends my move."

"In that case it's my turn again." Yusei said. "Though I think I'll just end my move without playing any cards."

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"What's he thinking, Marik is about to play his Egyptian God Card." Joey said. "Why would he make a move like that?"

"I have a feeling I know exactly why, it has to do with that card he played facedown last turn." Jack said.

"That won't do him any good, Egyptian God Cards are immune to magic and trap cards." Kaiba said. "They might as well have given up."

"Trust me, those two never would give up in a duel. Just watch." Jack said. "You might be surprised."

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"I should really be thanking you, you've allowed me to play the card that will end this duel right away." Marik said calmly. "I activate the magic card Monster Reborn in order to bring back my Winged Dragon of Ra."

"I was counting on that, I play the Celestial Trio trap card." Yusei said. "Now since the only monsters on my field are Celestial Comet and Celestial Wizard, and I'm holding Celestial Knight-Star in my hand I can discard a card to negate your summoning and return Ra to your hand."

"I see, you knew Marik would want to revive his Egyptian God Card and so you created a situation where he wouldn't be able to bring him to the field." Yugi said. "An impressive move."

"You haven't stopped my from summoning Ra, you've only delayed him for one round, I summon Dark Jeroid and set one card to end my move." Marik said calmly.

"In that case it's my move." Sky said. "So with Ra in your hand he's susceptible to this monster's effect, I summon Prophet of the Celestial Envoys."

"Oh, and what exactly does this monster do?" Marik asked calmly.

"When he's summoned I can guess any card that comes to mind, and if you're holding that card it's removed from play and you take 800 points of damage." Sky said. "Now if memory serves you're holding the Winged Dragon of Ra."

"Not bad Sky, one down and one to go." Yusei said calmly.

"Now then, I switch all of our monsters into defense mode and end my move." Sky said calmly.

Sky/Yusei 7500 Yugi/Marik 7200: "You may have gotten rid of Marik's Egyptian God Card, but mine won't be such an easy target." Yugi said. "Though first, I'll sacrifice Drillago and Dark Jeroid in order to play my Dark Magician."

"I had a feeling he was going to show up." Yusei said.

"Now I'll set one card facedown and attack Celestial Comet with Dark Magician Girl and Celestial Wizard with Dark Magician." Yugi said calmly. "That ends my turn."

"In that case it's my move, so I'll summon Celestial Knight-Star and next I'll tune him with Sky's Prohpet of the Celestial Envoys in order to synchro summon Celestial Dragon-Quasar." Yusei said.

(The second semi-final duel is underway, and the Winged Dragon of Ra has already been removed from the game. Next chapter the duel will continue. As always any reviews or critique is appreciated.)