"Bakura… Just how are you here?" Yuki was almost stuned beyond words. "Yuri, and Pharaoh Atem banished you…"
"And I ended up here." Bakura's spirit explained through Lance. "And here is where my revenge starts. Right here in this cavern I began constructing a new ring. And it was nearly complete, before the last sacrifice I needed was taken away, and this dorm closed down. But thanks to Lance, I'll have the final sacrifice I need, and Lance may have his revenge."
"Sacrifice…? A new ring…?" Yuki asked, before he put things together. "You're planning on creating a new Millenium Item. A new Millenium Ring."
"Smart boy." Bakura made Lance smirk.
"But how?" Yuki asked. "The original Millenium Items needed ninety-nine souls."
"To create all seven yes." Bakura began, smirking through Lance. "But to create just one? I would need far less. And now that you're here, you can help me."
"And why would I help you?" Yuki growled.
"You're going to chose the final sacrifice from one of your friends here." Bakura made Lance gesture to all the missing Obelisks. "Chose one of them to be the last sacrifice for my new Millenium Ring … or…"
"Or?" Yuki growled, as a coffin was lowered from the ceiling, which made Yuki gasp when he saw who was inside. "Alexis!"
"You could chose her h-heheheheheheheh." Bakura laughed in his raspy voice.
Yuki was overcome with such a strong urge to destroy Bakura then and there, but he had a better idea, albeit a dangerous one if it backfired. "None of them."
"What?" Bakura asked, making Lance tilt his head. "So you wish for me to chose?"
"I don't gamble when my friend's lives are on the line." Yuki explained, readying his duel disk. "Let my friends, including Alexis go now, and duel me. If I lose … I'll be the last sacrifice you need."
"Yuki no!" Fujin cried out.
"Deal!" Bakura made Lance snap his fingers, and all the Obelisks he'd taken hostage were released. "This is far better than I could have imagined! I get to destroy you, and I get to cause Yuri Hyoudou suffering."
"Yuki, you don't have to do this." Fujin said worriedly.
"Yeah, I do." He replied, handing Fujin her Queens Knight card before he activated his duel disk, and a Bakura possessed Lance did the same.
"Duel!"
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"I'll start things off." Bakura made Lance draw his sixth card. "I'll set two cards face down, and then I'll summon an old friend. Skull Knight in defense mode."
A skeletal warrior appeared on Bakura's field when he made Lance place the monster card on his duel disk. Atk-1000 Def-1000
'One of those cards is Crush Card. I need to get rid of it before he can use it against me again.' Yuki thought to himself, while drawing his sixth card. "Okay, I'll start things off with this. A monster you're familiar with Bakura. Skilled Black Magician!"
"What!?" Bakura snarled. "That's Yuri's card!"
"Wrong. It's my deck, Yuri just used it … to claim Mahad's Millenium Item from you!" Yuki shot back, which made Bakura scowl as the dark robed spellcaster materialised on Yuki's field. Atk-1900 Def-1700 "But I'm not done there, I'll activate two more spells. Arcane Barrier, and Mystical Space Typhoon. Now say goodbye to the face down card on the left!"
A powerful gust of wind blew apart the face down trap on Yuki's left, which caused him to let out a relieved sigh. He'd succeeded in destroying Crush Card Virus. Even better, was he'd given his monster two spell counters. "Now my monster, destroy Skull Knight!"
Skilled Black Magician conjured a sphere of dark magic, before hurling it at Skull Knight. Shattering the monster into a cloud of pixels.
"It doesn't matter. I haven't lost any life points, and thanks to Skull Knight, I get to summon another." Bakura said, summoning another Skull Knight to his field. Atk-1000 Def-1000
"Now it's my turn, and I activate my face down card; Destiny Board!" Bakura had Lance smirk once again, as a sinister looking ouiji board appeared, and a ghostly looking letter D appeared above Lance. "And then I'll activate the spell card the Dark Door. Now you'll be unable to attack me with more than one monster. However, things don't end there. I summon Earthbound Spirit in defense mode."
The ground in front of Lance opened up, and a dried up husk of a person crawled out of it. Atk-500 Def-2000
"My turn then, draw!" Yuki smiled at his newest card. "Okay first, thanks to you Bakura I have everything I need to summon another monster you're familiar with. I'll sacrifice my Skilled Black Magician and the three spell counters on him, to special summon my Black Magician!"
The four conscious Obelisks gaped in awe at the white haired pale skinned spellcaster. Atk-2500 Def-2000
"I didn't know Yuki used spellcasters…" Torimaki said shocked.
"He made it to use in Battle City, but he gave it to his older brother instead after he got screwed over." Fujin explained.
"I just hope Yuki can beat this creep." Mindy said worried for Yuki. "And I'm not talking about Lance."
"But I'm not done there, I also summon Magical Exemplar in attack mode." A regal looking woman in a teal robe rose up from the ground. Atk-1700 Def-1400 "Now it's time to get rid of your defensive line. Black Magician, attack Earthbound Spirit! Black Magic Attack!"
Black Magician pointed his staff at the husk monster, blasting it into pixels though Bakura took no damage, as the monster was in defense mode. "But that's all I can do for now. So I'll end my turn with a face down."
"My turn then." Bakura said, drawing his newest card. Lance's lips turned up in a smirk. "Now I think we'll start with Spirit Message E." A ghostly looking E appeared above Bakura next to the letter D.
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"Next, I'll sacrifice my Skull Knight and summon Belial the Marquess of Darkness!"
The all too familiar fallen angel appeared in a flurry of black feathers. Atk-2800 Def-2400
'Careful partner.' Neo's spirit warned.
"I know." Yuki replied to the spirit.
"Now I'll summon the last Skull Knight I have, before I attack your Black Magician with Belial!" The fallen angels blade shattered Yuki's magician, which caused him to wince in pain as his life points dropped.
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"What the…? What's going on? Why did that hurt?" Yuki asked, clutching his chest.
"Ohhh." Bakura made Lance smirk yet again. "Something I forgot to mention. This is a Shadow Game. When you lose life points, you'll become weaker, and your life force will be used to complete the new Millenium Ring."
"Hey, that's dirty!" Mindy growled.
"I can do this Mindy." Yuki replied, drawing his next card. "I only lost 300 life points, nothing big even for a Shadow Game. Now I'll play Pot of Greed, giving me two more cards." 'Okay I can work with this.' "I'll place one card down, switch Magical Exemplar into defense mode, and summon Defender the Magical Knight in defense mode."
A spellcaster with heavy armor, and a large shield appeared in a kneeling position, with his shield in front of him. Atk-1600 Def-2000
"Then it's my turn." Bakura said, before Yuki cut him off.
"Not so fast." Yuki said, flipping his trap face up. "Say hello to my Nightmare Wheel. Now Belial can't attack, and you take 500 points of damage as long as this trap is on my field."
Thanks to Bakura, Lance frowned as Belial was attached to a wicked looking torture wheel.
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"It doesn't matter. Especially since I add another spirit message to the field." Another ghostly looking letter appeared next to the others. The letter A.
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"Now meet a new monster. My Goblin King." A large throne with a comically small goblin appeared in front of Lance. Atk-0 Def-0
"Okay, why summon a monster with no attack?" Jasmine asked, looking at the others for an answer.
"Because Goblin King has a really good effect, provided you have more than two fiend monsters." Fujin explained.
"Your friend is right." Bakura turned his attention to Jasmine. "You see pretty one, Goblin King gains 1000 attack points for every fiend monster on my field aside from itself."
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"Now my king attack Magical Exemplar!" The petite goblin pointed his finger forward, and a dark shadow moved towards Yuki's monster … only for Defender to intercept. "What is this?"
"My monsters effect." Yuki said as Defender's shield was destroyed. "He gets a spell counter when he's summoned. And I can sacrifice that spell counter to keep an attacked monster on my field this turn."
"Impressive, but it won't save you." Bakrua said. "Not from losing this duel, and not from being the final sacrifice for my new ring. I'll place one card face down, ending my turn."
"Alright then, I draw." Yuki smirked. "I play the spell; Monster Reborn! So let's bring back an old friend. Black Magician!" The pale skinned spellcaster reappeared from Yuki's graveyard.
"Now attack Goblin King! Black Magic Attack!" Yuki's magician pointed his staff at the petite goblin, which made Lance or rather Bakrua smirk.
"Well then, I'll simply remove my Goblin King, and another monster from my hand … in order to summon Darkness Neosphere!" Lance's monster vanished, to be replaced with an incredibly sinister female fiend with long red hair, a cybernetic right arm, and a demonic looking left arm. Atk-4000 Def-4000
"Oh no…" Yuki gasped.
"Oh yes!" Bakura exclaimed, as Neosphere destroyed Yuki's magician for a second time.
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Yuki groaned, dropping to one knee as Fujin rushed over to him.
"You don't have to do this…"
"I have to…" Yuki groaned.
"Why? Because he's some ancient Egyptian spirit with a vendetta against your family?"
"Yes." Yuki answered simply, which made Fujin blink in surprise, as his answer had taken her aback. "Plus I'd never be able to live with myself, if I let Bakura use one of you as a sacrifice. I don't gamble with my friends lives Fujin."
Fujin sighed, giving Yuki's hand a gentle squeeze before helping him to his feet. "Once you win, no more reckless stunts like this."
"Okay 'mom'." Yuki chuckled, before looking at his hand. 'Solemn Wishes? That's never been in my deck before … Fujin. She put this card in my hand when she squeezed it. Well, let's put it to good use.'
"Okay Bakura, it's still my turn, and I'll play the spell card; Solemn Wishes. Now I'll get 500 life points every time I draw a card." Yuki slid Fujin's spell card into his duel disk. "But I'm not done yet. I'll use the effect of Arcane Barrier. Each time a spellcaster is sent to my graveyard, Arcane Barrier gets a spell counter on it. I can remove those spell counters, to draw a card for each counter removed."
"That means he gets three cards, since Black Magician was destroyed twice." Torimaki said, as Yuki drew from the top of his deck. Which means he basically didn't lose any life points this turn.
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"And then I'll use Magical Exemplar's effect. Each time a spell card is activated, she gets two spell counter on her. I can remove any number of counters to special summon a monster, whose level equals the number of counters removed. So I'll remove five, and special summon Black Magician Girl!"
The female spellcaster giggled as she materialised on the field. Atk-2000 Def-1700
"And since there's a Black Magician in my graveyard, she gets stronger!"
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"But I'm not done there!" Yuki said, revealing one of the three cards. "I can reveal this monster to you when I draw him, to special summon him. Say hello to the true holder of the Millenium Ring! Palladium Oracle Mahad!"
"No!" Bakura cursed, as the ancient priest appeared on Yuki's field … and that was not the only thing that happened. A bright gold light appeared on Yuki's chest, making Bakura have Lance shield his eyes. And when he opened them, the new Millenium Ring was draped over Yuki's neck. "What is this!? What did you do!?
'He did nothing thief!' Mahad barked, which made everyone stare at the spellcaster in shock.
"Is that duel monster card talking?" Torimaki asked, his eyes wide behind his small round glasses.
"What's going on here?" Mindy asked, just as shocked as Torimaki.
'This was all my doing.' Mahad explained. 'At the request of my old partner Yuri Hyoudou. He bade me return should the darkness that was Bakura or Zorc ever threaten the world again. I merged my spirit with the Millenium Ring completing it.'
"Mahad you wretch!" Bakura snarled. "You'll pay, as I still have Neosphere!"
"No you don't." Yuki replied. "I play the last card I drew. Thousand Knives! And since Mahad is technically treated as Black Magician, I can use this spell card. So say goodbye to your monster!"
Neosphere was suddenly stabbed by thousands of knives, before she shattered.
"Now you'll pay." Lance drew. "Because I still have my spirit messages."
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"And you can't place anymore spell cards." Yuki pointed out. "With the Dark Door in play, you can't play the final card in your instant win strategy."
"It doesn't matter." Bakura growled. "Make your move."
"Okay, draw!"
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"And now, I'll activate Card of Demise, allowing me to draw five cards."
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"And it ends here." I summon Breaker the Magical Warrior." Breaker was yet another spellcaster with red armor, and a teal colored blade. Atk-1600 Def-1000 "And when he's summoned, a spell counter gets placed on him, which raises his attack."
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"However, he won't be keeping that boost to his attack." Yuki said smirking. "I'm using his secondary ability to destroy your Destiny Board, by sacrificing his spell counter!"
Breaker swung his blade, destroying Bakura's ouiji board, and the subsequent spirit messages.
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"That doesn't make sense…" Jasmine frowned. "Why use Breaker to destroy Destiny Board, not the Dark Door?"
"Because if he did that, Bakura's spirit could have used the empty space to instantly win with the final spirit message." Fujin explained frowning slightly. "But how is Yuki gonna deal with this situation.
"And now Mahad attack Belial!"
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"What is this!?" Bakura exclaimed.
"Mahad's effect. His attack strength doubles when he battles against a dark monster!" Yuki explained, as Mahad blasted away Belial and Yuki's Nightmare Wheel.
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A bright golden eye appeared on Yuki's forehead. "Bakura, your days of being a threat on this world are over. There's a special place in hell for you, and I'm sending you there right now!" The new Millenium Ring glowed brightly, freeing Lance from Bakura's possession. When the light faded, Lance was lying on the ground in a crumpled heap. Unconscious, but very much alive and himself.
"Also, so much for using that combo…" Yuki said to himself, as he glanced at the Berserker Soul spell card in his hand, before he felt a hand on his shoulder.
"Yuki." Yuki turned around, only to be swept up into one of Fujin's rib cracking hugs.
"O-oh come on Fujin…" Yuki wheezed. "C-could you please put me down…? We still ned to find a way out of here…"
"Yu!" Yumei called, running into the chamber. The Slifer trio not too far behind her. "Fujin? Jasmine, Mindy, Torimaki … what are you guys doing here?"
"Bakura." Yuki replied, proceeding to explain everything that had happened during the duel. Including Mahad's return, and the new Millenium Item.
"We need to tell Yuri about this." Yumei said, in which her twin nodded in agreement. "But let's get out of here first." Yuki crossed over to where Alexis was still lying in the coffin Titan had placed her in, picking her up in the bridal position.
"Well it feels good to be out of there!" Jaden groaned, his perpetual smile on his face once everyone was out of the Abandoned Dorm.
"Tell me about it." Yuki agreed, setting Alexis down against a nearby tree. "Hey Lex. Wakey Wakey~"
Alexis gave a small groan, slowly opening her eyes. "Where am I…?"
"Good morning sleepyhead." Yuki smiled, placing her Etoile Cyber in her hand. "You dropped this."
"And we also found this." Jaden said, handing Alexis the photo they had found.
"This is … this is my brother." Alexis gasped.
"Alexis, you don't have to go at this alone." Yuki said softly. "We're here to help you. Plus we can't have you getting locked in anymore tombs."
"You were … really worried about me weren't you?
"We all were." Jasmine said, as she and Mindy nearly dog piled Alexis in a group hug as the sun came up.
"Uh-oh. We better split before anyone sees us!" Jaden said, before he and Chumley took off for the Slifer Dorms, and Yumei made for the Ra dorm.
"I'll get Lance back to Obelisk." Torimaki said, hoisting the unconscious boy onto his back, and making for the blue dorms.
"Come on you two." Fujin said, pulling Jasmine and Mindy off of Alexis. "Let's go back."
"Think we should get back to our dorms too." Yuki said, helping Alexis to her feet. "It's been a pretty long night."
"Yeah, I think we should take a personal day." Alexis said, making the last two Obelisks laugh, as they walked back to their dorm. "Hey Yuki…"
"Hm? Yuki turned his attention to Alexis, only to have his cheeks redden when he felt Alexis's lips press against his cheek.
"Thank you."
After everyone had left, Crowler was wandering around inside the Abandoned Dorm. "Little Jaden must be cowering in fear by now. Oh Titan, where are you my friend? I want to hear every little detail about… Hm…? What's this…?"
Crowler knelt down, picking up a dropped card. "This is Titan's Pandemonium card. Titan would never leave this behind, unless Jaden and his little friends have outsmarted me yet again! But this isn't over! Not by a long shot!"