Torina Pegasus. The mere sound of her name disgusted Bakura and angered him as well. That little girl had caused him enough trouble- there had to be something he could do, a way to get even. He couldn't use Ryou to do it of course- her blasted curse prevented that, but there had to be another route he could take, another possibility. Wait a second... there was a way. He smiled- this was perfect.

"Moto residence, this is Tori." Tori, who had picked up the phone shortly after it stared to ring, was rather surprised by the voice on the other end.

"Miss Peg, this is Seto Kaiba. Is my brother there?"

"You know, Seto," Tori replied. "You can call me Tori." There was a brief pause.

"Is he there or not?" Tori let out a sigh.

"No, Mokuba's not here- is he supposed to be?"

"When I returned from the office I found a note from him saying he was going to see you- that was over an hour ago." Tori bit her lip.

"I'm on my way." With that, Tori hung up the phone and slipped into her Wingweaver jacket, just as Yugi walked into the room.

"What's up, Tori?" he asked. "Where are you going?" Tori quickly explained about Mokuba and started to walk out the door. "Hold up, Tori- I'm coming too!"

The two left a note for Grandpa, along with Tori's cell phone number so he could call if he wanted, and headed to the Kaiba mansion. On the way there, Tori phoned Tristen, Tea and Joey- Tristen and Tea said they would meet Tori and Yugi on the way to Kaiba's place, but Tristen said he didn't know where Joey was. Joey had moved in with Tristen and his family a few weeks ago, right after Yugi's kidnapping. Tori had been told it was because of his father, but not much else- she didn't want to know anyway. But the thought of both he and Mokuba missing created a pit in her stomach.

//*You going to be all right, Tori?*//

/*Not until I know they're both safe.*/ Hikaru let out a sigh- Tori was in one of her moods again, a mood that indicated she was angry and scared at the same time. She was most likely going to end up hurt after this. How serious it would be, whether it would be physical or emotional, Hikaru didn't know- but it was bound to happen. Since becoming friends with Yugi, Joey, Tea and Tristen, Tori had always placed their safety above her own. It was a trait Hikaru admired, but there were times that she really hated it. This was one of those times.

//She's pulling a Tori again, eh my love?// Hikaru stifled a chuckle- he just had to remind her of that, didn't he?

As previously stated, Tori often put her friends' safety above her own, even though she knew it could prove costly on her part- more often than Hikaru liked. Yami now referred to this as 'pulling a Tori,' for Tori did it more often than anyone else- jumping into an icy river to save Yugi; placing the spell on Bakura to protect Ryou; helping Mokuba escape from the Duelist Kingdom Palace so he could find his brother- she had done them all without the slightest thought to herself. If she had thought of herself, Tori wouldn't have put her hand through a glass cabinet when she found out Yugi had been kidnapped by Pegasus and Bakura.

Hikaru suddenly let out a gasp- Bakura. What if he...? She came out of the Millennia Diamond and stood in front of Tori and Yugi, arms crossed in front of her. The two kids stopped in their tracks and Yami came out of the Millennium Puzzle, just as confused as his companions.

"Hikaru, what are you doing?!" cried Tori. "We have to get over to Kaiba's- Mokuba could be in serious trouble here!" Hikaru shook her head, then pointed to Tori's cell phone.

"Call Ryou," she said firmly. "Ask him where Bakura is." Tori let out a gasp as well- she couldn't be serious! Could she? Tori pulled out her cell phone and dialed Ryou's number. Seconds later, she heard the boy's kind, familiar voice.

"Hello?" he asked. In spite of the situation, Tori let out a chuckle- the sound of Ryou's voice always did that to her- it sounded so innocent.

"Hello Ryou," she said pleasantly. "How are you today?" There was a pause. "Ryou, is everything all right?"

"I've been expecting your call, Tori," he said sadly. "I have a note here for you... from Bakura." Tori took a deep breath, then let it out slowly.

"What does the note say?"

"It- it says: 'Torina: If you wish to see Mokuba or your darling Joey ever again, meet me tonight at the pier- dark. See you then.' That- that's all it says." Another pause. "Tori, I am so sorry," Ryou told her. "I went out and left him at home... I didn't know he would..."

"It's all right, Ryou," she replied. "But I would like for you to be somewhere other than your home tonight. Bakura will not be in the best of moods when I am done with him and even with his curse taken into consideration, I don't want to risk him hurting you. Stay with Yugi and I tonight, okay? And if you would, please tell Grandpa that we'll be home late."

"All right, Tori- I will. See you later."

"Not if I see you first." Ryou let out a laugh.

"Hey Tori?" he asked.

"Yes, Ryou?"

"Be careful." Ryou heard Tori let out a light, but cold laugh.

"Aren't I always?" Tori hung up the phone and looked up at the sky- it would be dark soon. She then looked at her companions, which now included Tea and Tristen, and let out a sigh. "Tea, Tristen," she said. "I need you two to go see Seto Kaiba- tell him to go with you to the docks as soon as he can." Tea nodded.

"You got it Tori." As Tea and Tristen rushed off towards Kaiba's, Tori's gaze shifted over to Yugi and Yami.

"You guys come with me," she said. Her face was emotionless- Yugi never recalled seeing her like that before.

"Is everything all right, Tori?" asked Hikaru. Tori looked over at Hikaru and shook her head.

"Hikaru," she said sadly. "Bakura has Mokuba and Joey and I've got a pretty good idea of how I can beat him." Tori's expression suddenly changed- it became angry and serious. "If I want to save them, both of them, I'm going to have to do something I've never done before- I'm going to have to tap into the full powers of the Millennia Diamond."

"Mokuba! Come on Kid, snap out of it! Wake up!" Mokuba shook his head and slowly opened his eyes. He looked around the room- it was a dark room, with a high ceiling and one window high on the wall. Mokuba tried to sit up, but a gentle hand held him down. "Take it easy, Mokuba- I don't want you blacking out again." Mokuba shifted his gaze until it landed on someone who looked rather relieved to see that the boy had woken up.

"Joey?" asked Mokuba, watching the older boy nod. "Joey, what's going on? Where are we?"

"I don't know," Joey replied. "Are you all right? What happened?" Mokuba shook his head.

"I- I was headin' over to Tori's house," he said. "I hadn't seen her in a while, so I thought I'd drop in and surprise her. B-but, someone jumped me before I got to her place- they hit me and I guess I blacked out. The next thing I knew, you were waking me up. How about you, Joey? How'd you get here?" Joey shook his head and gave a slight grin.

"Pretty much the same story, Kid," he said. "I was headin' over to see Tori with those..." He nodded his head towards a bouquet of pink chrysanthemums that were lying on the floor. "They're her favorite. Anyway, I was almost there when something hit me in the back of the head." Joey bit his lip and closed his eyes, as if he was trying to remember something. "Before I blacked out, I saw Bakura lookin' down at me. He's got something, if not everything to do with this." Mokuba let out a gasp.

"Are you sure it was Bakura?" he asked. "He wouldn't do things like that- he's to nice." Joey sighed- Mokuba didn't know about the difference between Ryou and Bakura. Explaining it would take some time- time that he was afraid they didn't have. And as he heard a door open behind them, he knew that time was up.

"What do you mean, Tori?" asked Yugi. He and Yami were rather shocked by her last statement. Tori let out a sigh.

"Other than talking to Hikaru," she said. "I've never used any of the Millennia Diamond's powers, let alone all of them- but to beat Bakura, I think I'm gonna have to."

"Bishoujo," said Yami. "Why haven't you used the powers of the Millennia Diamond?" Tori shook her head.

"I was afraid to, Yami," she told him. "I knew Hikaru wouldn't hurt me, but... I was afraid of Uncle Max- if he'd found out about her, he'd have taken her away, I know it! Hikaru was all I had back then... I-I couldn't lose her, Yami- I just couldn't!" Yami gave her a soft smile.

"It's all right, Bishoujo- I understand." He paused. "We should be getting to the docks- we don't want to keep Bakura waiting."

"Yeah," said Yugi. "Who knows what he'll do if we're late." Tori shot him an angered look.

"Yugi," she replied. "I love you and everything, but I really don't need to hear that right now." Yugi gave her an ashamed smile.

"Sorry Tori."

They arrived at the pier a few minutes later. As they walked past a 'U' shaped dock, Tori scanned the area for anything that might lead to Joey or Mokuba. Seconds later, she completely froze.

"Tori, what's wrong?" asked Yugi. Her arm quivered as she pointed up in the air. Yugi followed her finger and saw just what she was talking about. Two large construction cranes, one on each side of the 'U,' had their arms stretched out over the water. Dangling from each arm was a small cage- one cage held Mokuba, the other held Joey. Both boys were bound with handcuffs and gagged with a piece of duct tape. The chains on each pair of handcuffs were wrapped around one of the bars of the cage- if those cages went into the water...

"Well Torina," said a voice. "Seems hopeless now doesn't it? Two people you care for, facing certain death." Bakura suddenly stepped out of the shadows, grinning like a kid with a new toy. "Sounds so calming, doesn't it Tori?" Tori clenched her fists and narrowed her eyes. Suddenly, the Millennia Diamond began to glow and shake violently. Seconds later, Yugi and Yami sensed a strange new power, radiating from Tori. That's when they noticed something- Hikaru was still standing by their side.

"Hikaru?" asked Yugi. "What are you... but if you... and Tori?" Hikaru shook her head.

"In order to fully tap into the powers of the Millennia Diamond," she said. "Tori must banish me from it." Yami and Yugi gave her a confused look. "I'm the protector of the Diamond's powers, not the bearer. So if Tori wants to use the powers, I must be out of the way." She looked at Tori. "I just pray she doesn't hurt herself."

Tori slowly walked over to Bakura, her eyes locking with his. Yugi didn't think he'd ever seen Tori like this before- so serious...

"Let them go, Bakura," she said. "I'm the one you want- the two of them have nothing to do with this." Bakura let out a chuckle then nodded his head towards the two cages.

"Choose between them then," he said bluntly. "One goes home safe and the other dies a slow death." Tori remained emotionless as she stared at him.

"Forget it," she said. "I won't choose between them- you can't make me." Bakura raised an eyebrow.

"Do you have another suggestion then, Torina?" The girl gave a slight nod, then snapped her fingers.

Suddenly, a purple light formed at her feet and started to move up her body. As it did so, Tori's attire began to change. By the time the light vanished, she was no longer wearing her customary jeans and t-shirt. She was now wearing the Dark Magician's outfit with the neon green staff from her uncle in her hand. Bakura chuckled.

"A Sorcerer's Duel, eh Torina?" he asked. "Are you sure you have the power, let alone the stomach, for something like that?"

As Bakura tried to scare Tori, Joey looked on from above, ashamed at himself. First, he had been captured so easily and was now in this cage because Bakura had threatened to hurt Mokuba if he hadn't gone in. And now, Tori was getting herself into a Sorcerer's Duel- he wasn't quite sure what that was, but had a feeling it wasn't good. And speaking of Tori, she looked so... cold. It broke his heart just looking at her. The warm, caring Tori, the Tori that he had fallen in love with, seemed to be gone- after this, would she ever be the same?

"That's why she needed to tap into the Millennia Diamond's powers, isn't it?" Yugi asked Hikaru. "She knew her powers wouldn't be enough to defeat him." Hikaru didn't speak- merely nodded. Yugi was right, Tori knew her powers wouldn't be enough, but that didn't mean the powers of the Millennia Diamond would be.

"Enough with the intimidation," Tori said, angrily. "The rules are simple- anything goes. If I win, my friends and I go free."

"And what if I win?" asked Bakura, a sly smile forming on his face. "Will I get what I want?" Tori gave a nod. "You know what that is, don't you Torina?" Another nod. "You mean if I win, I get your soul?" Everyone but Tori let out a gasp, especially Joey and Mokuba.

"No, Tori!" Mokuba yelled, his cries muffled by the tape on his mouth. "You can't do that, you just can't!"

"Hikaru," said Yugi, "she's not serious, is she? I mean, Tori won't really accept those terms, will she?" Before Hikaru could respond, Tori answered the question for him. She held out her hand and Bakura clapped his into it.

"Deal," she said, using the same cold, firm tone of voice she'd been using all night. "Let's do this."

Without warning, a red fiery light formed in Bakura's palm and he shot it at Tori's chest.

"Crimson Flame!" Tori narrowly escaped it, quickly rising into the air when it was mere inches from her body. She then launched a counter attack, slamming her staff into the back of Bakura's head before preparing to fire a blast of her own. She put her arms out to the side, then brought them out in front of her and put them together, so the bottoms of her wrists were touching and her hands made a symmetrical design.

"Harmony Blast!" A bright blue light shot out of Tori's palms and hit Bakura in the stomach, sending him flying.

"Yugi!" The young boy turned around to see Tea, Tristen and Seto Kaiba running towards them.

"Kaiba!" he yelled, then pointed to the cranes. "Can you run these things?"

"Yeah, why?" came the reply.

"Because we have to get Mokuba and Joey down before they get caught in the crossfire."

"What crossfire?" asked Tristen. Suddenly, Bakura fired another Crimson Flame, this time at the group on the dock. After letting out a gasp, Tori teleported from where she was to right in front of her friends. She then put her staff out in front of her and quickly spun it around, as if it was a baton, reflecting the blast back at Bakura.

Joey continued to watch the battle from his cage and was greatly surprised at how aggressive Tori was being. As the fight raged on, he could swear that he could hear what she was thinking... and it wasn't good.

"That was for the childhood I didn't get," she thought as her staff rose in the air. "For Joey, Ryou, Mokuba, all my friends, all my pain, all my anger and all my sorrows!" She pointed the staff at Bakura. "And this is for me!"

"Dark Magic Attack!" she yelled. The attack was launched and hit Bakura square in the chest. As the old Tomb raider went flying, Tori looked over at her friends. "Get out of here, now!" she yelled, then focused her attention back towards Bakura. "You all ready have two of my friends- leave the rest out of this." With that, she sped towards him and began another attack, leaving her comrades in awe.

"Come on!" Hikaru urged. "Let's get Mokuba and Joey down from there!"

As the fight continued above, the group rushed over to the crane closest to them- the one that held Mokuba's cage. Seto jumped into the cab of the crane and fired it up. As soon as the cage was safe on the dock, everyone got busy looking for something to get it open. Tristen had managed to find a crowbar lying around and brought it directly to Seto, who used it to free Mokuba. Seconds later, Mokuba had his arms wrapped around Seto and was crying.

"It's all right Mokuba," Seto said softly. "You're safe now- no one is gonna hurt ya anymore." Mokuba sniffed, then looked up at Seto and wiped his eyes.

"Big brother," he said. "We have to save Tori- if she loses..." Seto shook his head, then looked up at the duel above.

"Something tells me that's not going to happen." He smiled. "Come on- let's get Wheeler down from there."

Bakura was weak- he hadn't expected the girl to be so strong, especially since Maximillion Pegasus had drained her of most of her powers. Granted, Bakura knew that Torina slowly regained her powers with each act of kindness she was shown, but even that wouldn't be enough to restore all her powers so quickly.

"I've toyed with you long enough, Bakura," Tori said loudly. "It's time to put an end to this Duel." She began to chant: "I went easy on you, that was my mistake- but it is one that I shall never remake. Your evil nature I can not cure, but your hurting of innocents will be no more. Try another of your wrongful deeds and the Shadow Realm will be awaiting thee."

Just as Tori finished the incantation, she was sent flying towards a nearby building by a Crimson Flame that Bakura had managed to fire before the end of her spell. Her head slammed into the corner, prompting her to cry out in pain before falling onto the dock with a loud crash. As she did so, Hikaru went back into the Millennia Diamond, relieving Tori of her new powers.

Meanwhile, her friends had gotten to the other side of the 'U' shaped dock. Kaiba was in the cab of the second crane, working on getting Joey down. He had just started to move the crane's arm, when Tori slammed into the building. Startled by the crash and Tori's painful cries, Kaiba accidentally jerked the crane's arm to a stop. The wire that held up Joey's cage jerked as well- somehow, the cage came off of the hook and plummeted into the water. Upon hearing the splash, Tori's head shot up and she looked towards the water.

"JOEY!" She struggled to get up, but when she finally did she ran towards the edge of the dock and dove into the ocean.