Jaden was making his way to the card shack accompanied by Yuki, and it was only when they were closer that they noticed there was a crowd gathered, and a rather large one at that. The two boys shared a look, before deciding to find out what was going on.

"Hey, what's happening?" Yuki asked, approaching Bastion after having found him closer to the front of the crowd.

"Is it eggwitch day?" Jaden asked, while stepping up to his other two friends.

Bastion shook his head. "Just a little lunchtime tussle."

"A duel?" Jaden asked, sounding rather excited while turning his attention to the combatants. "Hey Cy!" Jaden called, recognising his friend but not the other duelist. "What's going on?"

"A high stakes duel." Cyrus explained pointing to a poster to his left, which showed a picture of Yugi Muoto. "Yugi's deck is going on tour, and the first stop is Duel Academy. Isn't that the coolest?"

"Yeah, it is. Yugi's the best duelist in the world, and that deck is history." Jaden said in awe, causing Yuki to shake his head.

"I don't want to be that guy Jaden, but that's technically the pharaoh's deck." The Obelisk corrected, pointing to the poster where the Black Magician was shown behind Yugi. "Still though, that deck has been with both Yugi and the pharaoh since Duelist Kingdom and Battle City. It might not have the Egyptian Gods in it anymore, but that deck is still legendary."

"Well what are we waiting for? Let's get tickets!" Jaden exclaimed rather excitedly, which caused Bastion to laugh.

"That's what this duel is about." Bastion explained, as he gently pulled Jaden back from Cyrus. "There's only one ticket left."

"And whoever wins, gets the last ticket." Dorothy, the kind-hearted older woman who ran the card shack added, as she stepped up to the two students. "Can you imagine a duel with a better prize?"

"Yeah, one with two tickets." Jaden replied.

"Why? Are you planning on bringing someone?" Cyrus asked, turning his attention back to his friend. "Because I've already got one."

"So, you're dueling so I can go?" There was an excited tone in Jaden's voice.

Cyrus gave his friend a thumbs up. "Yup, and I'm gonna win!"

"So… who's Cyrus dueling?" Jaden asked, finally getting a look at Cyrus' opponent. A Ra student with a green scarf that was rather tattered. He had rather spiky dark brown hair with light brown highlights. Someone Yuki and Bastion recognized.

"That's Dimitri." Yuki explained. There was a slight frown on his face, as well as Bastion's. "Wonder who he's copying now?"

"Copying?" Jaden asked, turning his attention to Yuki.

"Yeah. See Dimitri doesn't have a deck of his own. He copies other duelists instead." Yuki sighed, shaking his head in disapproval. "When I dueled him, he was using a copy of Zane's deck."

Yuki who was a Ra Yellow at the time, was facing down a Cyber Twin Dragon, and the situation only got more dire for him. It had been two turns since the effect of Different Dimension Time Capsule had activated. Which meant that whatever monster had been sent to the out of play zone, was about to come back.

Dimitri smirked in a similar fashion to Zane. What really weirded Yuki out, was that Dimitri was beginning to speak exactly like the strongest Obelisk Blue at the academy, and had even dressed in similar fashion to said Obelisk. "It's been two turns, and now my monster comes out. Rise, Cyber Dragon!"

Cyber Dragon Atk-2100

"Now I'll activate the spell card; De-fusion. That will split my Twin Dragon into its base form. But neither will be sticking around for long." Dimitri said, sounding exactly like Zane. "Now I activate Power Bond. Now I can fusion summon my strongest monster. Cyber End Dragon!"

The three Cyber Dragons were sucked into a vortex, and in their place rose a large three-headed mechanical dragon.

Cyber End Dragon Atk-4000

"But it doesn't end there. Due to Power Bond's effect, my monster's attack is now doubled."

Cyber End Dragon Atk-8000

Yuki shook his head. "It doesn't matter. You won't get a chance to use it. I activate my trap card; Threatening Roar! Now you can't attack me this turn! And unfortunately for you, since you used Power Bond, you're about to be on the receiving end of some serious damage!"

Dimitri's eyes went wide in shock, and he let his impression of Zane slip. "N-no… this can't be happening…!"

Cyber End Dragon then exploded, taking out Dimitri's life points.

Dimitri-LP 0000

"Woah, you beat Zane's deck?" Jaden sounded rather awed at Yuki's recounting of his duel with Dimitri.

"Yeah, but don't get ahead of me here." Yuki replied. "Just because I beat the deck doesn't mean I beat Zane. It's just the fact that Cyber Dragon's and Power Bond are really easy to get over if you know how to counter them. In fact, I'm pretty sure if I was actually dueling Zane, he would have a backup plan in place."

"What's this about dueling Zane?" Yumei asked, joining her twin and their friends. "Ooo, who's duel-oh… him."

"You too?" Jaden asked, to which Yumei nodded.

Dimitri laughed, which reminded Yumei of Seto Kaiba. The male Ra even dressed like the head of the Kaiba Corporation, all the way down to Dimitri's hair style. "It's time to end this! I play Polymarization, and fuse my Blue Eyes together, and summon the ultimate form of my dragons! Rise! Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon!" Dimitri continued to laugh, as the legendary three headed dragon rose onto his field.

Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon Atk-4500

"Now that's impressive." Yumei, who also disapproved of Dimitri's copying of other decks, did have to give her fellow Ra props for being able to bring out the powerful fusion dragon. "Still, that's not going to save you from losing this duel."

"What are you talking about?" Dimitri laughed, as his monster snarled at Yumei. "My Ultimate Dragon has enough power to end this duel right now. It doesn't matter which monster I attack, because once I do I win!" Again, Dimitri laughed in similar fashion to Kaiba.

"Because, you won't be attacking me this turn." Yumei now had a smirk on her face, as she revealed her face down trap card. "With Call of the Haunted, I can bring back a monster from my graveyard. And I chose Valkyrian Knight!"

Yumei's regal looking warrior then appeared onto her field, having risen from her graveyard.

Valkyrian Knight Atk-1900

"And with two of them back on my field, it means you don't get to attack me at all." The Ra smirked, which made Dimitri scowl.

"Fine, go ahead and draw your last pathetic card Yumei." Dimitri growled, having ended his turn.

"My deck has no pathetic card Dimitri." Yumei replied rather calmly, as she drew her next card. "But it does contain this! Gilford the Legend! By tributing the three monsters on my field, I can special summon him!"

Yumei's three monsters, Obnoxious Celtic Guardian, and her two Valkyrian knights vanished, as a heavily muscled warrior then took their place.

Gilford the Legend Atk-2800

"Oh, and then there's his special effect." Yumei added. "If he's summoned by tributing three monsters, I can destroy all monsters you control!"

"Wait what!?" Dimitri dropped his Kaiba impression upon hearing that little piece of information. Gilford then raised his blade, causing lightning to strike the weapon. And upon bringing his large sword down, the Ultimate Dragon shattered.

"And that's just his special effect, I still have his attack! Gilford, direct attack!" Yumei's monster leapt into the air, and brought his blade down in a heavy strike which wiped out the male Ra's life points.

Dimitri-LP 0000

"Seriously?" Jaden was wide-eyed at Yumei's story. "You beat Kaiba's deck?"

"Yeah." Yumei gave Dimitri a disapproving look. "He's copied more decks than that. Now, don't get me wrong, I don't have anything against copying a deck or buying a deck core. You know, in case you're curious on how it works, and you're interested in making a deck around the same archetype. But with what Dimitri's doing, it's just… wrong."

"Hey, can we get back to the duel?" Syrus asked while rubbing the back of his head. The Hyoudou twins story had taken all the attention away from his duel. "Anyways, it was your turn."

"Very well young scholar." Jaden and the Hyoudou twins took a step back, as Dimitri sounded just like Dr. Crowler. Though it was only a few moments later, that the twins facepalmed in unison. "I play Heavy Storm, and destroy all spell and trap cards on the field!"

A large gust of wind made everyone shield their faces. Though the only cards on the field that were destroyed were Dimitri's, which were revealed to be Statue of the Wicked.

"Wait, that sounds familiar." Jaden mused.

"It should, as Dr. Crowler used that move on you." Bastion said, his arms crossed, as two Wicked Tokens appeared on Dimitri's field.

"Now I'll sacrifice my two Wicked Tokens, and summon the legendary Ancient Gear Golem!" Dimitri swept the two token cards off of his duel disk, and into his graveyard, only to place the powerful machine monster onto his field.

Ancient Gear Golem Atk-3000

"That's gotta be some serious Deja Vu." Yuki said to Jaden as he gazed up at the monster.

"Now attack that Jetroid with Mechanised Mele!" Dimitri ordered his monster to attack.

"Not so fast! When Jetroid is attacked, I can activate his effect that allows me to activate a trap card from my hand, like Magic Cylinder!" Syrus declared, slotting the card into his duel disk.

"Wait! Time out!" Dimitri gasped.

"Oh it's over." Yumei had a smirk on her face, as the attack was redirected back at the Ra.

Dimitri-LP 0000

"Wow, you really took him down!" Jaden clapped his friend on the back, after Syrus got away with the win, and the last ticket to boot.

"Well it was easy, since all he did was copy Dr. Crowler's deck. So I was able to figure out my own way to beat him." Syrus had a big smile on his face, as he handed Jaden the last ticket to see Yugi's deck once it was on display.

"Alright kids, duel's over." Dorothy spoke up. "If you're here to buy cards, get in line, if not please move along."

"Another stunning performance by the copycat duelist." A student was overheard saying as they left the card shop.

"He's a Ra, he should have won that duel." Another said, following behind the first student.

"Well, I suppose that's the worst of it." Bastion said, as he made his way over to his fellow Ra.

"Yeah, until I lose again!" Dimitri growled, slamming the floor with his fist in frustration. He quickly got back to his feet, and stormed out. "Well I'm sick of it!"

That evening at the Ra dorm, Dimitri was positively seething over his latest loss. One of many in an already impressive losing streak. "Why does this keep happening!? I watch, I study, but I keep losing!" He let out a frustrated cry, knocking all the notes on his desk to the floor. "Kai Murassame, Marik Ishtar, even Zane! I can't win no matter who's deck I use!"

On the verge of tears, it was then the poster advertising Yugi's deck floated down in front of him. And in that moment, an idea began to form in his head.

At around the same time in the Obelisk dorm, the Hyoudou twins were discussing the topic of Yugi's deck, and the duel that had taken place earlier that day for the final ticket.

Yumei let out a sigh, while shaking her head. "You had to be that guy, and say what the difference was between decks?"

"But it is the Pharaoh's deck." Yuki retorted, tapping the Millenium Ring. "And there's one other person in this room who agrees with me."

Yumei shook her head again. There was no arguing with her brother when he got like this. "Okay, so who do you think he'll copy next time?"

Yuki could only shrug. There was really no telling who's deck and personality the copycat duelist would mimic next. "It'd be funny if he tried copying Mai next."

"I don't think Sora would be too happy if that happened." Yumei said before the twins shared a laugh, and then both looked at the poster of Yugi on the wall above Yuki's desk. "So, up for a sneak peak?"

Needing no further prompting than that, Yuki grabbed his jacket, and the two made their way out of the Blue dorm, and towards the main building. And they weren't the only ones who had that idea, as the twins had spotted Bastion, and the Slifer trio heading towards the main building.

And the students weren't the only ones it seemed, who wanted an early viewing of the famous deck. Dr. Crowler was having a conversation with the security team that the academy had hired outside the room where the deck would be displayed.

"Alright Mr. Crowler." One of the guards began, only to be cut off.

"Dr. Crowler!" The odd looking man had an irritated tick mark going in his forehead, as yet another person hadn't used his proper title.

"Right. Anyways, here are the keys, have a good night." The guards stationed at the entrance to the display hall began to walk off, having been relieved by the head of Obelisk Blue. Though that didn't stop them from talking to one another about how odd the man was.

"Yes good night. Very good night." Crowler said, bidding the guards farewell as a rather giddy smile formed on his face. 'How many people get to say they were in the presence of the greatest deck in the world?' Crowler's giddy smile grew while he unlocked the door … only to let out a scream upon finding the glass display case Yugi's deck was supposed to be in smashed, and the deck itself missing.

The Slifer trio, Bastion, and the Hyoudou twins all froze upon hearing that scream. Thinking that someone was in serious trouble, all five of them rushed towards where they believed the scream had come from.

"Dr. Crowler?" Yumei sounded rather shocked, as she wasn't expecting a scream like that to come from him. Then again, with how odd the man acted, and looked, she really shouldn't have been that surprised. "Impressive lungs."

"Hey, the display case!" Jaden pointed to the smashed case, and immediately everyone turned their attention to where Jaden was pointing, and then looked accusingly at the head of Obelisk.

"He stole Yugi's deck." There was an uncharacteristic growl in chumley's voice. The accusation from the heavy set Slifer, caused Yumei to pat Crowler down, and while she did find a deck on him, it only turned out to be Crowler's Ancient Gear deck.

"No he didn't." She sighed and handed Crowler's deck back to him. "Which means whoever stole the deck is still out there."

"Then we should get moving, they couldn't have gotten far." Yuki said, before the five students rushed out of the main building.

About an hour later the group, minus Syrus met up on the bridge that connected the docks to the rest of the island.

"Yu and I searched the main building, both Blue dorms and the area around the abandoned dorm." Yumei reported to her friends while shaking her head.

"I had no luck either." Bastion sighed in resignation. "The Ra dorms are clear."

"And there's no sign of the thief near the Slifer dorms either." There was a frown on Jaden's face. "So that just leaves the docks, and the-" Jaden never finished his sentence, as the four friends heard another scream, and the ring on Yuki's neck began glowing.

"Follow the ring." Yuki said, heading in the direction of both the scream and where the ring was leading him. Which turned out to be nearly the exact spot that Jaden and Zane had their duel.

Syrus was slumped on the ground, head hung in defeat as his friends rushed to his aid.

"Sy, what happened?" Concern was evident in Jaden's voice, as he crouched down by his friend.

"He has it…" Syrus groaned, pointing to someone standing on the rocks slightly above him. "Yugi's deck… and he beat me with it…"

Turning their attention to where Syrus pointed, they saw Dimitri standing above them. Though the copycat duelist looked different. His hair style was more spiked out, and he now wore a replica of the Millenium Puzzle around his neck.

"Seriously Dimitri…?" Yuki groaned as he pinched the bridge of his nose between his thumb and forefinger. "Not only do you steal the deck, now you're trying to dress like the king of games?"

"Dimitri?" Yuki couldn't help but roll his eyes, as the Ra was now trying to impersonate Atem's deep voice. "Dimitri was just a child who would copy other people's decks, and pretend to be them. With these cards, I'm not copying the king of games, I am the king of games! And if you want these cards back, you'll have to prove that I'm not!"

'Yuki!' Mahad appeared beside the Obelisk boy. He was clearly upset at what he was seeing, and could not let this go unpunished. 'This boy mocks my Pharaoh!'

"Sy, can I borrow your duel disk?" Yuki asked, holding his hand out despite never breaking eye contact with Dimitri.

Syrus quickly took his duel disk off his arm, and placed it in Yuki's hand. "Are you sure you can do this? That deck is really powerful."

"I know." Yuki attached Syrus' duel disk to his arm, slotting his spellcaster deck into the deck section. "But without the gods, and my luck, I'll have that deck back in no time."

"Duel!"

Yuki-LP 4000

Dimitri-LP 4000

"I'll start things off." Yuki declared,having already drawn his sixth card. "And I'll start by summoning Maha Vilo in attack mode!"

The blue robbed spellcaster appeared on Yuki's field the same way as it appeared in the card's artwork. Legs crossed, and arms folded like the spellcaster was in deep meditation.

Maha Vilo Atk-1550

"But I'm not done yet Dimitri, since I have a spell card to play. And that's Black Pendant." As the Obelisk boy slid the equip card into the slot on his duel disk, a necklace of black opals was set about Maha Vilo's neck. "Oh, and there's more. See due to Vilo's effect, he gains an additional 500 attack points for each equip card!"

Maha Vilo Atk-2550

"And just like that, Yu's monster is stronger than Yugi's best card." Yumei had a smile on her face. Her twin had just pulled off his favorite combo with this deck on his opening move, and made it so that not even Yugi's Black Magician could stand up to him.

"And to end my turn, I'll set a card face down." Yuki set the card next to his equip card, as his turn came to an end. Though Mahad did appear to speak to the duelist once more.

'Impressive Yuki, though perhaps I should be the one dueling this impostor.'

"I'll be alright Mahad." He reassured the spirit. "Besides, You seem upset at Dimitri, and I don't need you starting a shadow game just to teach him a lesson."

Mahad paused for a moment, though conceded moments later. 'Very well, though if he continues to mock my Pharoah, I will not forgive it.'

"Duly noted." Yuki nodded. "Alright, your move Dimitri."

"Very well." Dimitri drew, still sounding like Atem as he took his sixth card. "I'll start by-"

"Hold that thought." Yuki cut him off, revealing his face down card. "I'll activate my face down card. Solemn Wishes! Now each time I draw a card, I gain 500 life points!"

"Impressive." Dimitri huffed, as he set a card into his duel disk. "I'll start by fusing Gazelle King of Mythical Beasts, and Berfomet! Now rise, Chimera the Flying Mythical Beast!" The two beast monsters were sucked into a vortex, and soon after a twin headed lion-like monster with a set of wings and a serpent's tail leapt out onto Dimitri's field.

Chimera Atk-2100

"However, I am not finished there. I play Mystical Space Typhoon, and destroy your equip card!" Dimitri declared, slotting the card in his duel disk. The resulting gust of wind forced Yuki to shield his eyes with his duel disk as his equip card was destroyed.

Maha Vilo Atk-1550

"Hope you didn't forget about Black Pendant's effect." Yuki's words caused Dimitri to give him a confused look. "When you destroy it, you take 500 points of damage!"

Maha Vilo then shot a fireball, that went through Chimera, and struck Dimitri in the chest.

Dimitri-LP 3500

"A small price to pay, as now your monster is no longer as strong as it once was! Chimera, attack! Pulverizing Pounce!" the twin-headed monster roared, before pouncing on the blue robed spellcaster, shattering him under its large paws.

Yuki-LP 3550

"Impressive opening move, but I've got an answer for it! Draw!" As Yuki dre, his trap card glowed with a bright white light.

Yuki-LP 4050

"I'll start off with the spell card, Arcane Barrier!" Yuki slotted the card into his duel disk. "Now each time a spellcaster is destroyed, I place one spell counter on the card. At any point I want to, I can send this card to the graveyard and draw equal to the amount of spell counters that were on the card when I used its effect."

"A smart play, especially due to the deck Dimitri is using." Bastion nodded approvingly, now waiting to see what else Yuki could pull off.

"But wait, there's more! I play this! Fissure!" Yuki's new spell card shocked the Ra impersonating the Pharaoh. The ground beneath the fusion monster was opened up, and the creature fell into the abyss below.

"Not bad, but due to Chimera's effect I can bring back one of the monsters used in his fusion summon! Come back, Berfomet!" The beast type monster roared, as it leapt out of Dimitri's graveyard.

Berfomet Def-1800

"Nice ability, and a great way to stave off damage. Still, it won't be around for long. I summon Crusader of Endymon in attack mode!" The new spellcaster was dressed in blue and gold armor, which was thicker at the arms and legs.

Crusader of Endymon Atk-1900

"And the best part about this monster, is that when he's summoned to the field, I can place a spell counter on any card that requires one. Like my barrier. And until the end of the turn, my monster gains an extra 600 attack points!"

Crusader of Endymon Atk-2400

"Now my crusader attacks!" The spellcaster hit Berfomet with a powerful strike with one of its thick gauntlets, and the beast monster shattered shortly afterwards.

"And finally, to end my turn, I set the last two cards in my hand face down." The two cards appeared on either side of Yuki's continuous spell card.

Crusader of Endymon Atk-1900

"Alright then, my turn." Dimitri began, before Yuki cut him off.

"Not just yet!" He said, while flipping his face down card. "I activate Call of the Haunted, and bring back Maha Vilo!"

The blue robes spellcaster rose from the ground, still looking as though he were in a deep meditative state.

Maha Vilo Atk-1550

"Well since it's still my turn, I activate Monster Reincarnation! By sending one card from my hand to the graveyard, I may bring back one monster in my graveyard to my field! Rise once again, Gazelle King of Mythical Beasts!"

Gazelle roared as it re-entered the field.

Gazelle Atk-1500

"And then I activate the magic card Swords of Revealing Light! Now you're unable to attack for the next three turns! And to end my turn, I set a card face down."

"Totally not licious." Chumley huffed, as swords of light surrounded Yuki and his Monsters.

"Tell me about it." Jaden had his arms crossed over his chest. "If Yuki summoned the right monster, he could have won this duel."

"Come on, you should know by now to not count him out of a duel." Yumei shook her head. "Yugi's deck or not, Yu isn't out of this until he's out of life points."

"Thanks for the vote of confidence sis." Yuki said, drawing his next card.

Yuki-LP 4550

"I summon Magician's Valkyria in attack mode." And upon setting the card onto his field, a more mature version of Black Magician Girl appeared on his field.

Magician's Valkyria Atk-1600

All Dimitri could do was smirk. "I'm glad you did that. Because now I can activate my trap card! Black Renewal! When you summon a monster, I can activate this. Now by sacrificing one of your monsters, as well as one of mine, I can bring a spellcaster back from the graveyard!"

"But you don't…" Yuki began, before realizing he was wrong. "Monster Reincarnation. The monster you sent to the graveyard was a spellcaster."

"Exactly, now to bring back that spellcaster!" A red and gold coffin appeared, consuming both Dimitri's and Yuki's monsters. "Now Gazelle, make some room for the one, the only, Black Magician!" The coffin opened up once again, and there he stood. The purple robed spellcaster that was the ace of Atem's deck.

Black Magician Atk-2500

"Woah." Jaden sounded star struck. "The headliner of Yugi's deck."

"I think you're forgetting that I also have that card in my deck." Yuki corrected his friend. "In fact, let's introduce him. I activate my own Black Renewal!"

"What!?" Dimitri sounded shocked, and horrified at the reveal of Yuki's trap card.

"Yup! And now by sacrificing your Black Magician, and Maha Vilo." The two spellcasters were sucked into the black and gold coffin that was now on Yuki's field. "I can summon my own Black Magician! "Like before, the coffin opened up, revealing the green robed spellcaster that belonged to the male Hyoudou twin.

Black Magician Atk-2500

"But how?" Dimitri asked, still shocked that his move had backfired.

"For two reasons." Yuki held up two fingers. "One, I know how that deck works, because I've seen it in use so many times. Two, you're not the king of games! And I think it's time to give you a dose of reality! Draw!"

Yuki-LP 5050

"And Yuki's pulled ahead in life points." Bastion smirked. "He only needs to get rid of those swords, and he'll have this duel won."

Yuki smirked as he looked at the card in his hand. "Alright, I activate Pot of Greed!"

Yuki-LP 6050

"Alright, I set one card face down, and summon Neo the Magic Swordsman in attack mode!" Yuki set both cards into his duel disk, as the regal sword wielding spellcaster appeared on his field.

Neo the Magic Swordsman Atk-1700

"And that ends my turn." Yuki said, after slotting both cards into his duel disk.

"Right…" Dimitri sounded more like his normal self, as he drew his next card from Yugi's deck, but smirked and seemed to have his confidence back as he saw what he just drew. "I play the magic card Monster Reborn, and I bring Black Magician back from the graveyard!"

The purple robed spellcaster rose back from Dimitri's graveyard the moment he played the spell card.

Black Magician Atk-2500

"But I'm not finished there. I activate my own pot of greed." Dimitri drew two more cards thanks to his own spell cards effect. "And I believe it is time to bring this duel to a close. I play Sages Stone!"

"Uh-oh…" Yuki gasped, as he knew where this was going.

"So you know what's going to happen?" Dimitri smirked, as he placed the new spellcaster onto his duel disk. "Then let me introduce you to my Black Magician Girl!"

Syrus had a lovestruck look in his eyes as Dimitri summoned the attractive female spellcaster.

Black Magician Girl Atk-2000

"But it doesn't end there." Dimitri held up another spell card, that made Yuki's stomach drop. "Black Burning! Now I can destroy all monsters on your field!"

Yuki winced, as Black Magician Girl shot several orbs from her staff, blasting away his entire front row, leaving him wide open.

Black Magician Girl Atk-2300

"Woah, what happened?" Jaden asked, wondering why the spellcaster had suddenly powered up.

"It's her effect." Yumei explained. "She gets stronger for each Black Magician or Magician of Black Chaos in either player's graveyard."

"And because of that spell card, Yuki is about to feel that extra three hundred." Bastion gulped, suddenly very glad he was not the one dueling Dimitri.

"Now my monsters, attack!" Dimitri ordered, and the two spellcasters crossed their staffs before aiming them at Yuki. And with nothing that could stop this attack, all he could do was accept that this was going to hurt, and even shielding himself with his duel disk, didn't stop from being knocked flat on his back.

Yuki-LP 1250

"Ow…" Yuki groaned, as he slowly got back to his feet with the help of his twin and Neo. "Sorry about that partner…"

"I believe you were saying something about me not being the king of games?" Dimitri asked in a rather confident note. "It's rather pathetic of you saying that."

"The real Yugi would never say anything like that." Yuki sounded rather angry. Not angry as he would be if and when he would summon Mythic. No this was different. Dimitri had disrespected both Yugi Muoto and Pharaoh Atem by saying what he did. And he was not about to let that stand.

'Yuki, it's time you drew me.' Mahad said, appearing next to Yuki. 'The Pharaoh always believed in the heart of the cards, and if you want to get his deck back, right now you need to believe as well. If we're going to win, you need to draw me.'

"Alright my draw!" Yuki said, taking the card from the top of his deck. It wasn't Mahad, but he wasn't deterred, as he still had Solemn Wishes.

Yuki-LP 1750

"Okay, I play my own Monster Reborn and bring Neo back to my field!" Slotting his spell card into his duel disk, caused the sword wielding spellcaster to reappear.

Neo the Magic Swordsman Atk-1700

"Up for this partner?" Yuki asked the card, getting his partner's attention.

Neo nodded in reassurance. 'Just win partner.'

"I intend to. So now I'll use my barrier's effect, and by sacrificing one of my spellcasters, I can draw up to four cards. Since four is the limit on my spell card's effect." As Neo vanished, Yuki drew four more cards. One of which had a bright gold aura about it.

Yuki-LP 3750

"And now I summon Palladium Oracle Mahad!" Yuki declared, revealing the spellcaster to Dimitri, before placing the card onto his duel disk and summoning the high priest to his field.

Palladium Oracle Mahad Atk-2500

"But I'm not finished, I'm taking that deck you stole back. And I'm doing it with this! Diffusion Wave Motion!" When Yuki revealed the card, Dimitri paled. "By giving up 1000 life points, I can attack with one monster on my field. Oh! And due to Mahad's effect, his attack strength doubles when he attacks a dark monster!"

Palladium Oracle Mahad Atk-5000

Mahad raised his staff, collecting the magical energy of Yuki's spell card, before pointing it at the two other now very worried looking spellcasters.

"Attack! Infinite Magic Black Magic Burst!" At Yuki's order, Mahad let out powerful waves of magic from his staff, which obliterated both spellcasters.

Dimitri-LP 0000

Yuki let out a relieved sigh, as Dimitri sank to his knees.

"Why…?" Dimitri hit the ground with his fist. "Even with Yugi's deck… why can't I ever win!?"

"The answer to that is obvious." Zane's appearance made everyone turn their heads in his direction. And he wasn't alone. Alexis, Kai, and Fujin were with him.

"You're Zane…" dimitri sounded rather shocked.

"What brings you here?" Yuki asked, taking Yuki's deck back from Dimitri.

"Why else?" Zane pointed to the cards in Yuki's hands. "To see the deck, but it was gone."

"Nothing but a broken display case." Alexis said, while Yuki handed Syrus back his duel disk.

"We figured the thief couldn't be far off, so we decided to take a look around." Fujin supplied.

"And that led us here." Kai finished. "We've been here for a while, but didn't want to say anything."

"Wait what?" Yuki suddenly felt very nervous. "You were watching the whole time?"

"Not just us." Zane jerked his thumb over his left shoulder, and it looked like the entire school was there. Standing on the cliffs above them.

"Yet another win in Yuki's book." An Obelisk female said.

"You think he tutors?" A Ra boy asked. "I'm failing in spellcasters."

"So what now?" Dimitri asked, still in his defeated tone.

"Well kid." Zane began. "The penalty for theft has always been the same. Straight up expulsion. But I think since everyone enjoyed seeing Yugi's deck in action instead of a display case, I doubt anyone will turn you in."

"But I still lost…"

"Yeah you did." Yumei sighed. "But not in the way you think. You weren't dueling as yourself since you put yourself in Yugi's mindset, and because of that you lost the duel."

"She's right." Zane continued for the female Hyoudou twin. "You'll never win until you put yourself out there, and that means creating your own deck and your own strategies. Not piggybacking off of someone else's. After all, there's no amount of studying you can do to be able to use someone else's deck the way they can."

"But for now." Yuki began. "Let's put this back, before the disciplinary action squad gets here. I doubt they'd put us all in detention, but I'd rather not find out."

The next day, Yugi's deck was in a new display case for the entire school to admire. Though everyone who saw the duel, ie; every student, was keeping quiet about Yuki and Dimitri's duel. At least around a member of the faculty.

"I still can't believe I came out on top over Yugi's deck." Yuki said, massaging his ribs. He really needed to find a quicker way out of her bone cracking hugs.

"Yuki!" Syrus' cry caught his attention, as the smaller Slifer ran up to him. "It's Dimitri! He's at it again."

"Damnit…" Yuki groaned, before following his friend to where Dimitri was by the Ra dorms. The Ra had styled his hair in a rather bad imitation of Yuki's, and had somehow gotten his hands on a Obelisk jacket, custom shirt, and an imitation Millenium Ring."

"Seriously Dimitri…?" Yuki facepalmed.

"Who's Dimiri?" The Ra asked, imitating Yuki's voice. "I'm Yuki Hyou-hey wait, where are you going?"

Yuki had subsequently turned on his heel, and walked off. "Nope. I'm not dealing with this today."