Disclaimer: This is YamiDragon again. I hope you've liked the story so far. This is the chapter with Serenity. Also, Kaiba. And Yugi duels MaulBeast. The ultimate duel of power. So, go ahead and read.

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Chapter4: Return of Yami

" Keith is gone," said Arial Hawk. " Yugi," called a voice from behind a tree. " Huh?" asked Yugi. " It's me Kaiba," said Kaiba as he stepped out of the shadows. " Kaiba, your stupid dragon destroyed Keith," said Arial Hawk. " Two things. Keith was worthless and that dragon is no longer mine. MaulBeast stole my deck," said Kaiba. " No deck to protect you, huh? Well go, Parrot Dragon," said Arial Hawk. " Go, Bombarding Beck," said Arial Hawk. " Go, Dark Magician. Dark Magic attack," said Yugi. " You stupid bitch," Arial Hawk told Yugi. " Don't you tell Yugi that," said Atina. " Get away," said Arial Hawk shoving Atina, dropping her to the ground. " Dark Magician, Dark Magic attack," said Yugi. The dark light hit Arial Hawk. He was vanquished. " You, Yugi, we have to stop fighting," said Mako. " Hey, if anybody lays a finger on Atina, they'll pay," said Yugi making a fist. " Okay, we have to keep going," said Mai. " Go, Rapid Horseman," said Tristen. " Everyone, get on," said Tristen. They all got on. " I have to get to that pyramid," said Yugi.

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" Huh, where am I," asked Joey. " In the Shadow Realm," answered Pegasus. " You?" asked Joey, " What are you doing here?" asked Joey. " MaulBeast sent my soul to the Shadow Realm,'' said Pegasus. " I'll be out of here soon," said Joey. " I don't think so," said Pegasus. " The only way would be if the world turned into the Shadow Realm," said Pegasus. " Don't worry Yugi will save us," said Joey. " Not even the mind shuffle will work Joey. He has the Millenium Scale," said Pegasus.

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Yugi and the rest of them had reached a cliff. " Well, the only way to pass is by flying," said Atina. " And I have some wind monsters. I play, Harpie Lady, Queen Bird, Winged Dragon, Lesser Dragon, Killer Needle, Skull Red Bird and One-Eyed Shield Dragon," said Atina. " There's not enough for everyone," said Kaiba. " There is now, go, Dark Magician and Catapult Turtle. You guys grab a monster," said Yugi. Tea grabbed onto Queen Bird. Kaiba grabbed onto One-Eyed Shield Dragon. Atina grabbed onto Harpie Lady. MasterMind grabbed onto Skull Red Bid. Mako grabbed onto Lesser Dragon. And Mai grabbed onto Winged Dragon. " Now, Catapult Turtle, launch Dark Magician," said Yugi. When he left the rest followed. They all landed except MasterMind. His Skull Red Bird was disobeying him. Suddenly a Kairyu-Shin appeared. " Look out!" cried Yugi. " Go, Curse of Dragon. Take flight," said Yugi as he got on. " Now, Dragon Flame," said Yugi. The fire hit the Sea Serpent, but it wasn't destroyed. " Yugi, that Kairyu-Shin is in water so its attack power is 2340," said Mako. The Kairyu-Shin swatted Curse of Dragon and it was destroyed. With nothing to hold him, Yugi fell to the water below. " Yugi!" cried Tea and Atina. " Go, Hoshiningen," said Tea. " Go, Harpie Lady," said Atina. " Shadow Spell," said Kaiba. The two monsters were held back. " I thought you didn't have any cards in your deck," said Tea. " I have two decks. One with my Blue Eyes' and one with other cards," said Kaiba. " MaulBeast took my cheap deck," said Kaiba. " If you have your good deck with you, how come MaulBeast had your Blue Eyes attack us?" asked Mai. " I miss placed one of my Blue Eyes," said Kaiba. They looked to where MasterMind was. It was too late. Kairyu-Shin was eating the last of him. " Let's keep moving," said Kaiba. " Yugi," whispered Tea.

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Yugi had wound up at a river next to the Pyramid MaulBeast. " I have to get inside," said Yugi shacking off some water. Suddenly, the Blue Eyes White Dragon was realized again. It hit a shot of lighting to Yugi's Pyramid. Yugi got inside and went to where MaulBeast was. " Well what do you know? If it isn't Yugi," said MaulBeast. " MaulBeast, give me back the soul of Joey," said Yugi. " Are you sure you want Joey? Don't you want Atina?" asked MaulBeast. A pink powder went through a window. In came Atina trapped inside. The pink powder went straight into a block of rock. Atina was trapped inside. " I'll duel you Yugi. If you win you can save one of these and get your Millenium Puzzle," said MaulBeast. " Fine by me," said Yugi.

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" I go first. And I play Summoned Skull," said Yugi. " Yugi, I have Kaiba's, Pegasus' and Joey's deck. Do you really think you can beat me? For the meantime I play a monster face down in attack mode and a card face down," said MaulBeast. " What could that card be?" though Yugi. " I play Dark Magician. Now attack that face down monster," said Yugi. MaulBeast's Millenium Eye flashed. " I knew you would play the Dark Magician. My down card was Red Eyes Black Dragon and my other down card is Magic Metal Force. Now your Dark Magician makes you lose 300 life points," said MaulBeast. " I attack with my Red Eyes. Flash, Flare Blast. Dark Magician is vanquished," said MaulBeast. Yugi's life points dropped to 1400. " I play Spellbinding Circle on Red Eyes Black Metal Dragon. Now, Summoned Skull, Lighting Strike," said Yugi. The dragon was destroyed. " Oh, no," said MaulBeast. " And I now play Monster Reborn, to bring back Red Eyes Black Dragon. And I use the magic of the Polymerization card to make Black Skull Dragon," said Yugi. " I play Doppleganger on Spellbinding Circle and I use it on your dragon. Now I play Dark-Eyes Illusionist and Black Illusion Ritual to make Relinquished," said MaulBeast. " Now, Relinquished, suck up Black Skull," said MaulBeast. " No, my Dragon!" cried Yugi. " Now, I will join Relinquished with Gazelle the King of Mystical Beasts," said MaulBeast and the beast came out. " I play Metal Fish in defense mode," said Yugi. " I play Swordstalker. Attack that Metal Fish, Vengeance Strike!" said MaulBeast. The fish was sliced. " Now, I will destroy Relinquished with Soul Release to destroy Dark-Eyes Illusionist. And since your Relinquished is gone my Dragon returns to me and Dark-Illusion Ritual sucks up the Swordstalker and the offering is not excepted. Now Black Skull Dragon attack that Gazelle!" said Yugi. MaulBeast's life points dropped to 600. " I play Sanga of Thunder to destroy that Dragon," said MaulBeast. Yugi's life points dropped to 1300. " I play the magic card Tribute to the Doomed to destroy your Sanga of Thunder. And I also play Feral Imp in attack mode," said Yugi. " I play the Koumori Dragon with the Horn of the Unicorn to make its attack power 2200. Now attack the Feral Imp," said MaulBeast and Yugi's life points dropped to 400. " I play Sand Stone and Megamorph to make it have 6 levels and to make an even stronger monster I play Hamburger Recipe to make the one, the only, the Hungry Hamburger and I raise its attack power with Rush Recklessly. Also a card face down. Now Hamburger attack!" said Yugi. " No, now I only have 100 life points!" said MaulBeast. " I play the Dark Magician and the Book of Secret Arts to boost its attack power to 2800 stronger than that Hamburger. Now, Dark Magic attack," said MaulBeast. Yugi saw the dark magic hit the Hamburger. " Yes. WHAT?!" said MaulBeast in awe. Yugi's Hungry Hamburger wasn't destroyed. " Surprised? I used my down card, Sogen. Now my Hamburger's attack power is 3510. Now my Hamburger will destroy that magician and you MaulBeast, are through. Hungry Hamburger destroy the Dark Magician, Bite of Death!" said Yugi. The Hamburger bit through the Dark Magician armor and MaulBeast life points dropped to 0. " No!" said MaulBeast as he pulled the Call of the Haunted. " I'll never give you your Millenium Puzzle," said MaulBeast. " Go, Dark Magician. Get my Millenium Puzzle," said Yugi. He pulled the puzzle away from MaulBeast and gave it to Yugi. He also got the 3 separate decks. " Dark Magician, use the power of his Millenium Ring to go to the Shadow Realm. When you reach the Shadow Realm use your magic to get Joey, Atina and whoever else is in there out, okay?" asked Yugi. The Dark Magician nodded. He touched the Millenium Ring and golden lights sucked him up. " Now that your Magician's gone I'll use the power of the Millenium Eye to bring the trap card Call of the Haunted. Now, all the people, Banded Keith, Arial Hawk, your Grandpa, MasterMind and all the other people that have recently died will come to life," said MaulBeast. " Yu-Gi-Oh!" cried out Yugi as he turned into Yami Yugi. " Well, MaulBeast, your little sheared is about to come to an end. Dark Magician, Dark Magic attack," said Yami Yugi. But suddenly the Dark Magician fell to the ground motion-less. " Dark Magician!" said Yami Yugi. " His soul has been locked away in a stone tablet," said MaulBeast. " Eat dirt, MaulBeast," said Joey as he hit him on the head with a rock. MaulBeast fell to the floor. " Now, let's get out of here," said Yami Yugi as he Pegasus, Joey and Atina got out of the pyramid. When they were out Joey said, " I play Blast Sphere. Now, attach yourself to that castle." The monster did as it was told. " We gotta go," said Joey. " Okay, play times over," said Yami Yugi. " Go, Curse of Dragon and Catapult Turtle. Everyone get on Curse of Dragon," said Yami Yugi. First was Atina, then Joey, afterwards Pegasus and lastly Yami Yugi. " Now, Curse of Dragon, get on Catapult Turtle," said Yami Yugi. The Dragon flew to the back of the machine Turtle. " Catapult Turtle, Catapult Launch, Curse of Dragon," said Yami Yugi. The turtle released Curse of Dragon. As they were in the air Yami Yugi pointed Catapult Turtle's card right at the Turtle and it went back inside the card. Seconds later, the bug exploded, destroying Pyramid MaulBeast. " Curse of Dragon look for Tea, Tristen, Kaiba, Mai, Mako and MasterMind," said Yami Yugi. Curse of Dragon gave a roar as to show that it understood. But suddenly, a huge lighting ball hit the dragon vanquishing it. " Go, Summoned Skull," said Yami Yugi. All four of them got on and Summoned Skull flew to the ground. When they reached ground Summoned Skull returned to its card. " Hey, Yugi, is that you?" asked Tristen, looking through a bush. " Tristen?" asked Joey. " Joey? It's you!" cried out Tristen. " What's up man? What's he doing!" said Joey pointing to Kaiba. " Well if it isn't Joey," said Kaiba. " Yugi," said Tea, " you beat MaulBeast, didn't you?'' " Yes," said Yami Yugi. " Well, Yugi, if you really did beat the international champion you and I should duel," said Kaiba. Yami Yugi nodded.

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" I'll go first," said Kaiba, " Witty Phantom in attack mode." " I play Celtic Guardian and a card face down," said Yugi. " I use Horn of Light to make its defense power 2100 and the magic card Shield and Sword to make its attack power 2100 and a defense of 1400. And your Celtic Guardian's attack is now 1200. Now, Witty Phantom attack," said Kaiba. " I activate Monster Replace to switch Celtic Guardian with Gaia the Fierce Knight. Your attack destroys your Witty Phantom and reduces your life points to 1800. And now I play my Celtic Guardian again," said Yami Yugi. " Big mistake. Go, Dark Zebra and I use Paralyzing Potion on your Gaia the Fierce Knight. Now, Dark Zebra, attack!" said Kaiba. Celtic Guardian was destroyed and Yami Yugi's life points dropped to 1400. " Since Gaia is frozen, I'll sacrifice him and bring out Curse of Dragon. Now attack with Dragon Flame! Your Dark Zebra has been destroyed," said Yami Yugi. Kaiba's life points went down to 1600. " Go, Grappler in attack mode and a card face down," said Kaiba. " Go, Curse of Dragon. Attack!" said Yami Yugi. " I activate Brain Control to gain control of your dragon for one turn. And I play two more cards. Monster Reborn to bring back Gaia the Fierce Knight and Polymerization should make one of your strongest monsters, Gaia the Dragon Champion. And I offer my Grappler," said Kaiba. " I play Dark Magician in defense mode and I boost up his defense power to 2900 with the magic card Horn of Light and a card face down," said Yami Yugi. " Worthless move. This is a combo Mai gave me," said Kaiba. " Mai?" asked Yami Yugi shocked. " Yes," she said sadly nodding her head. " It is two trap cards. Might seem familiar. First, I play Mirror Wall and next I'll play Shadow of Eyes," said Kaiba. The Dark Magician attacked the Mirror and its attack power 1250. " Now Gaia attack!" said Kaiba and Yami Yugi's life points dropped to 50. " I play Catapult Turtle and I activate my down card, Ultimate Offering. For each monster you have on the field you'll lose 500 life points meaning that your life points go down to 1100. And I get to play one more monster. And I play Empress Judge and a card face down. And now I sacrifice my Empress Judge with the effect of my turtle and you lose 1050 making your life points go down to 50," said Yami Yugi. " I attack with Gaia!" said Kaiba. " I activate Brain Control. Now the Dragon Champ is mine for one turn. And I play Jingen Bakudan. And to end my turn and summon on of the most powerful beast in my deck I play Black Luster Ritual to summon Black Luster Soldier," said Yami Yugi. " Yeah! Now you got Kaiba cornered. Not even his Blue Eyes destroy your Soldier," said Joey. " Yes, that is true. But my Black Luster Soldier can't destroy his Blue Eyes White Dragon either," said Yami Yugi. " Since my Dragon can't be destroyed by your Soldier I'll just have to play Blue Eyes White Dragon, in attack mode!" said Kaiba. The field was covered by light as the mighty Blue Eyes appeared. It threw lighting into the air to show just how menacing it was. " Nice to see your Dragon is a show off like you. But in the meantime I play Pot of Greed to steal a card from your deck and I steal God of Obelisk. And I use the Horn of the Unicorn to boost his attack power to 4700 and a card face down as well. And this makes it even stronger than even the Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon," said Yami Yugi. " Fine then. I play Grave Robber to steal your Pot of Greed to steal Swords of Light to freeze all your monsters you have on the field. And I play my second Blue Eyes White Dragon," said Kaiba. " I know what Kaiba's trying to do," thought Yami Yugi, " he'll summon the Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon and then decrease my God of Obelisk's attack power with a magic or trap card. But that won't work." " I switch my Black Luster Soldier to defense mode and end my turn," said Yami Yugi. " Fine by me," said Kaiba. " I summon my third Blue Eyes White Dragon and I use the magic of the Polymerization to make an old menaces, the Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon. Now destroy that Black Luster Soldier, Neutron Blast!" said Kaiba. The Dragon charged up lighting and then threw it at the Black Luster Soldier. The Soldier groaned as the lighting vanquished him. " I pass my turn Kaiba," said Yami Yugi. " Okay, then. I'll just throw this card face down," said Kaiba. " I'll skip this turn also, but on my next turn my God of Obelisk will be free to attack and I'll wipe you out," said Yami Yugi as the God of Obelisk began to move again and the swords disappeared. " Too bad you won't have a next turn Yugi," said Kaiba. " What do you mean?" asked Yami Yugi. " The card I threw face down was just to give you hope of actually winning this duel. But I could have just used it right away and beaten you for good. I've never really been able to beat you. And ever since that defeat you gave me with Exodia I've never before been so eager to duel somebody so much beside Pegasus," said Kaiba as he looked at Pegasus who was in a corner and started to walk away from the group. " But now Yugi, it's finally my turn to put you in your place; in the dirt. Now I activate my down card, Shadow Spell it reduces your God of Obelisk's attack to 3900. Now, Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon, wipe Yugi out for what he tried to do to you that faithful day; Neutron Blast!!!" yelled Kaiba. " Yugi!" cried Joey. " No," cried Tea. " Come on dude. Don't let Kaiba beat you," said Tristen. " Yugi, you have to trust in your deck and your heart!" said Atina. Then it was like time froze but Yami and Yugi could still move. " The down card we play is the Inexperienced Spy which will do us no good. We have to trust in our deck to give us a good card," said Yami. They both place their hands on their deck. They pulled the card. Suddenly, time was moving again. They could see the lighting closing in on their God. " Kaiba, you've played a good match, but this ends now I activate Soul Release to discard the Polymerization you have in your graveyard. Now there are three separate Blue Eyes," said Yami Yugi. The attack hit the God but he wasn't destroyed. " Now to end this duel. God of Obelisk, summon your attack power, destroy those three Blue Eyes, Mind Shattering Blast!!!!!!" yelled Yami Yugi. The God put his two hands over his head and a blue energy ball charged up. Then he threw it to the three Blue Eyes destroying all of them. Kaiba's life points dropped to 0. His own monster had defeated him. Kaiba dropped on his knees. " Now I'll never save him," sobbed Kaiba. " What do you mean?" asked Yami Yugi. " Mokuba, MaulBeast kidnapped him," said Kaiba. " Where does he have him?" asked Yami Yugi. " I'm not sure," said Kaiba. " Maybe there's a clue over at MaulBeast's Pyramid," said Joey. " But that pyramid is destroyed," said Yami Yugi. " Well, it's worth a try," said Joey. " Yes, tomorrow. For the mean time let's go find an abandon pyramid," said Yami Yugi. " Just then a Labyrinth Wall appeared separating the group. Now Yami Yugi and Atina were together, Joey and Mai, Tea and Kaiba, and Mako and Tristen.. Then a Castle of Dark Illusions appeared so that the 4 separate groups couldn't see each other. They each walked their own way without knowing it. Eventually, Yami Yugi and Atina made it through the darkness. " Look there," said Atina pointing to a very tiny pyramid. Yami Yugi hurried to the door. He tried to open it, but it was jammed. " Stand back," he told Atina as he smashed against the door with his shoulder, destroying the door. Yami Yugi groaned as he saw there was a big piece of wood stuck onto his right shoulder. " Yugi, you're hurt," said Atina as she saw the blood rush out of his arm. " I'm okay," he said as he once again groaned. " I activate Soul Release," said Atina. He spirit appeared and took away the wood. " Yugi follow me," she said. She ran to the living room. She saw some stairs and went up them. Yami Yugi tried to go as fast as he could. But the blood rushing from his shoulder kept slowing him. Finally he got to the top of the stairs. Atina helped him wake to a room she had found. There was a bed. She told Yami Yugi to lay there. She searched in a desk for a first aid kit. She finally found it in the bottom drawer. By this time Yami Yugi's eyesight was very blurry. She got out the gauze and put it around his arm. This kept the blood circulating, but the amount of blood loss Yami Yugi had gotten was to great. " I play the Travel Back in Time Machine to bring back all of Yugi's blood," said Atina. Yami Yugi was sent into a time machine. When he came out he no longer had the gauze, he no longer was bleeding and he no longer had a huge scar in his right shoulder where he had been bleeding. " Thanks," said Yami Yugi. Suddenly the Millenium Puzzle activated and he turn back to Yugi. He sat on the bed to the side of Atina. He thought that there was something strange. These pyramids were pyramids on the outside but houses in the inside. " Atina?" asked Yugi. " Yes, Yugi?" said Atina. " I have a question. Why did you, well you know, have, um, sex with me?" asked Yugi. For a while Atina stood silently. Then she just began to open her shirt again, showing her bra. Yugi's heart started jumping again. " Atina? What are you doing?" he asked. But before she could answer her shirt was completely off. She grabbed Yugi's shirt collar. At that very moment, he switched places Yami Yugi. She slid her hands from his collar to his hand. She pulled them forward to her waist. When his hands touched her naked waist Atina let her hands go. But his hands were still in tacked. He slid his hand up to where the two arms of her bra were connected. He disconnected them her bra fell to his shirt. Yami Yugi looked down from Atina's face. He saw her breast. She then got on her two knees, Yami Yugi's legs under her. Yami Yugi quickly removed his jacket and his shirt. His chest now showing. Then Atina lay on top of him. Her breast on top of his chest. He slid his hands to where the zipper of her pants was. He unzipped it. Atina slid her pant off. The only piece of clothing Atina had left were some black panties. Yami Yugi grabbed them and pulled them as far as his hand could go. She pulled them down the rest of the way. Then Yami Yugi got up and took off his pants and boxers. Then they both got in bed and kissed like crazy.

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Back in the darkness, Joey and Mai had made their way out. They had found a pyramid next to a river. Joey looked inside of the pyramid. There were pieces of pyramid on the floor. That old pyramid could collapse any minute now. So instead they made a tent and two sleeping bags inside. " Oh, today has been a long day," said Mai as she looked into the night sky. Joey started into her face. " Arial Hawk, MasterMind and Banded Keith have all died in one day," she said. " You can't forget MaulBeast," added Joey. " Yeah, him to, but if he were really dead wouldn't the world turn back to normal?" asked Mai. " Yeah, why hasn't the world turn back to normal?" questioned Joey. " Maybe I'm not dead yet," said dark and mysterious voice. " Who's there?" asked Joey as he got up. " It's me, MaulBeast, or should I say the preformed Exodia," said the voice again. " Okay I had enough go Red Eyes Black Dragon and Magic Metal Force to turn him into the Red Eyes Black Metal Dragon. Show yourself or he'll attack," warned Joey. There was a chuckle. " Let him attack," said the voice. " He's not alone. Go, God of Obelisk," said Kaiba as he and Tea made their way through some bushes. " Now Red Eyes Black Metal Dragon, Flash, Flare Blast!" said Joey. " Go God of Obelisk, Mind Shattering Blast!" said Kaiba. The blue energy ball and the red energy ball went straight to where two trees stood. They destroyed the trees. Behind the remains of the trees was a mix of Exodia and MaulBeast except really small compared to Exodia. " Go Mythical Dragon," said the Preformed Exodia. The Mythical Dragon sent four attacks destroying Red Eyes Black Metal Dragon, God of Obelisk, Joey and Kaiba. " Joey," cried Mai. " Kaiba is gone," said Tea. " Go, Sand Stone. Capture Tea and Mai," said the Preformed Exodia. He got Tea and Mai with his vines. " Kunai with Chain, cut off those vines," it said. When the vines had been cut it used Polymerization to fuse them into the dragon's back. " Now Dragon, fly to my castle," it said. The Dragon flew away. " Yugi," cried out Tea.

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By this time, Yami Yugi had changed back into Yugi. Inside the Millenium Puzzle Yami felt that there was no presence for Joey or Kaiba. He told Yugi this. Yugi got up and got dressed again. When he reached the stop where Joey and Kaiba had been and he used Monster Reborn to bring back Kaiba. " I'm back," said Kaiba. Yugi ran to Kaiba's coat pocket. He pulled out his deck. " What the hell?" said Kaiba. Yugi pulled out Kaiba's Monster Reborn to bring back Joey. Then he past the deck back to Kaiba. " I'm back!" said Joey. " Look," said Yugi. He, Joey and Kaiba ran over to a tree. It had a ransom. " Yugi's Millenium Puzzle for Tea and Mai," said the ransom.