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Chapter 6: The Ultimate Duelist

          " Yugi, I-I really don't know how to say this but," Tèa couldn't finish because she was kissed by Yami Yugi. Tèa took her jacket off. Then they stopped kissing. A smile grew across her face. " Tèa, I love you," said Yami Yugi. " Go, Slyfer the Sky Dragon," said Yami Yugi. He got on it and flew of to get some flowers for Tèa.

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          " Mai I think I know what you want to tell me," said Joey. " Is this what you think," said Mai as she kissed him. " Yep," said Joey. " Well, we should get something to eat," said Mako. " Yeah, I'm starvin," said Joey. " Well I could get us some fish," suggested Mako. " And there's gotta be some berries around here," said Mai. " I can get the Firewood!" said Joey as a gigantic grin appeared on his face. None of them found that too heroic. " What?! It's the best I can come up with," said Joey. " Okay, then, it's settled. Tristan, Serenity and I will stay here," said Tèa.

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          " Slyfer, go down, I think I see something," Yami Yugi told Slyfer. Slyfer roared and flew down. When they got down, Yami found a duel disk on the floor. He put it on and installed his deck. Kaiba came out of the woods with a duel disk as well. " Yugi, we are going to duel," said Kaiba. For some reason, this didn't sound like Kaiba. " Kaiba?" asked Yami. " No," he replied. " MaulBeast!" " But how? Wait, the Millenium Rod! Only one person has that item! It can't be…" said Yami. " Yes, it is. MaulBeast is really Marik. I went undercover Yugi so you couldn't find me, but now I'm back. And I've come to take the Millenium Puzzle and Slyfer the Sky Dragon!" he said. " Never," said Yami as Slyfer roared. " Then let's begin this thing. I'll go first. One card face down and summon Jirai Gumo," said Marik. " I play Kuriboh and the magic card Multiply," said Yami. " Just what I was waiting for, Magic Jammer. Now you only have 1 Kuriboh. Now Jirai Gumo attack!" said Marik. Yami's life points dropped to 2100.

A/N: They are playing by battle city rules.

          " It's my turn and I play Dark Magic Curtain to bring out Slyfer the Sky Dragon," said Yami as his life points dropped to 1050. "And since I have five cards in my hand his attack is increased to 5000. But since you have Jirai Gumo his attack drops to 3000. Still that's more than enough to clobber your Jirai Gumo. Now, attack Slyfer!" said Yami. Marik's life points dropped to 3200. " I play Oni Tank T-34 and the trap, Ultimate Offering to bring out Red Eyes Black Dragon. Your Slyfer's attack drops to 1000. Now Red Eyes attack Slyfer, Infernal Fire blast!" said Marik. Yami god was destroyed. And so were his life points. They dropped down to 0. Yami turned back into Yugi. " No," said Yugi. And before he knew it Kaiba had taken his puzzle and duel disk, deck and all, including Slyfer. Yugi was crushed and defeated.

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          " Now let me see, where is there some firewood. Oh, over there!" Joey rushed over to a spot where he found a big piece of old wood. He lifted it up. Under it was a duel disk. He put it on and inserted his deck. He heard some chuckling behind him. He turned around and saw the Rare Hunter that once stole his Red Eyes. " You!!!!!!!!! That's it. Ya' want do duel? Who gives a damn! I don't care! We'll still duel even if ya' don't want to. I'll go first. I play Alligator Sword and a card face down," said Joey. " I play The Big Shield. And I'll use Shield and Sword to make his attack 2600 and your Alligator Swords 1200. Now attack Big Shield!" said the Rare Hunter. " Not so fast. I activate Skull Dice!" said Joey. The dice rolled a 4. The Big Shield's attack dropped to 650. " Now, Alligator Sword, attack!" said Joey. The Big Shield was cut in half. The Rare Hunter's life points dropped to 3450." I play Battle Ox. Destroy the Alligator Sword!" said the Rare Hunter. Joey's life points dropped to 3500. " That's it! Now I'm mad! I'll play the Eye of Truth to see every card in your hand,' said Joey. They were: Copycat, Skull Knight, Left Leg of the Forbidden One, Share the Pain and Wall of Doom. " I play Card Destruction next. That means your piece of Exodia. I play 2 cards face down on the field along with Skull Red Bird and the Black Pendant to destroy your Battle Ox," said Joey. The Rare Hunter's life points dropped to 3100. The New cards in his hand were Monster Reborn, Exodia the Forbidden One, Left Arm of the Forbidden One, Right Arm of the Forbidden One and Right Leg of the Forbidden one. " This duel is over. I play monster Reborn to bring back the piece of Exodia I lost," said The Rare Hunter. " Wait, jut a sec. I activate Chain Destruction to destroy the other 2 Left Legs in your deck. And I'll have my Skull Red Bird attack your Left Leg card before you can play the other four other cards," said Joey. The Left Leg was completely gone. Exodia could be assembled to more. The Rare Hunter's life points dropped to 1250. " And since you have no monsters on the field I can attack you directly. Go, Dark Titan of Terror. Destroy his life points," said Joey. The Rare Hunter's life points dropped to zero. Suddenly, the Rare Hunter looked different. " Very, good Joey," said Marik through the Rare Hunter. " Marik?! It can't be!" said Joey. " Oh it is Joey, and look at what I have," he said as the Rare Hunter pulled out Slyfer and Obelisk. " Want my god back Joey, and you and I are going to duel for it," said Marik. Joey was about to say never but Marik brainwashed him. Joey and the Rare Hunter marched off to Marik's Castle or the ruins of it.

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          Mai and Mako were back with Tèa, Tristan and Serenity. " Where's Joey?" asked Mai, pretending not to worry. " I don't know," said Tèa. Suddenly, Tèa heard something. She turned around and saw Yugi, on the floor, fainted. " Yugi!" she said as she rushed over to him. He was bruised like crazy. His shirt was torn and he was bleeding. But what Tèa didn't notice was that his puzzle was gone.

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          Yugi awoke the next morning. Tèa was sitting next to him. He was lying on a bed. Of course, he was in a pyramid. " How are feeling?" she asked. " O.K." Yugi answered. " What happened?" she asked. " I don't really remember," said Yugi. Flashbacks kept popping into his head. " Wait, I was dueling Kaiba who had been taken over by MaulBeast. And MaulBeast turned out to be Marik," said Yugi. " MaulBeast is Marik!" said Tèa amazed. " Yeah, but there's more. He beat me and took my god and my deck.  I decided to come back to you guys so I started running down to were you guys were and ran into a Sword Arm of Dragon and a Hercules Beetle. They were beating me up until 2 people, one a Rare Hunter the other I couldn't recognize because I was to weak. But he knew me and played a monster. A big one. A dragon. It was gold. It destroyed the 2 monsters. The Rare Hunter broke the duel disk. The part with the card at least. It flew over to me. The man punched the Rae Hunter in the face. He was about to grab his card, but then he stopped walked on forward. I kept the card, but I don't remember what it was," said Yugi. He stuck his hand into his pocket and pulled it out. He was amazed. " Well, what is it?" asked Tèa. " The Winged Dragon of Ra!" said Yugi.

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          Joey woke up from Marik's brain control. He was tied a wall. There was a laser in the middle of the field. And 2 saws 180 degrees from him at both sides. " What where am I?" asked Joey. Out of the shadows appeared Marik. " You, get me out of this stupid thing!" said Joey. " Where is it?" asked Marik. " Huh?" Joey was confused. " You know what I'm talking about!" said Marik. " No, I don't," said Joey. Marik turned the Rod into a knife. " I'll give you one last chance. Now where is it?" asked Marik pointed the knife just a few feet from Joey. " I don't know," said Joey. Marik pushed the knife forward. " Go, Dark Magician, Dark Magic," said Yugi. The attack knocked the Rod out of Marik's hands before it could get to Joey. " Fool!" shouted Marik. " Go, Obelisk, Slyfer!" he said. While Yugi pulled out some monsters to fight the 2 gods Marik pushed forward a lever. The laser and saws started coming closer to Joey. Obelisk destroyed the magician. " Yugi, you and Joey are done for," said Marik. " Not on my account. I play Mirror Force to destroy your laser and saws. And I'll use the Flame Champion to cut Joey lose," said Yugi. " And what about for you?" asked Marik. "The Winged Dragon of Ra!" said Yugi. It destroyed Obelisk and Slyfer. "YOU!!!!!!!!!!!" said Marik. " You had it!!!" he said. He grabbed the Rod. He brain washed Yugi. Yugi started walking over Marik. " No!" said Joey. He was about to stop Marik when Marik brainwashed Joey too. Yugi handed Marik the third god. Now Marik was the pharaoh. The brainwash on Yugi and Joey wore off. " Marik may have the three gods but I still have my deck and duel disk," said Joey. " So it's a duel you want," said Marik. " Okay, then let's duel," said Joey. " I'll go first go Swordsman of Land star in defense mode and card face down," said Joey. " You fool, I have all 7 Millenium items, including the Eye. So I can read you mind. I see you just played Shield and Sword. So I'll play Darkfire Soldier #2 and a card face down. Now, attack," said Marik. "Well here goes nothing, Shield and Sword to make my monster's attack 1200 and the attack of your Soldier 1100. Now, my Swordsman attack," said Joey. Marik's life points dropped to 3900. " Now, since I do have Kaiba's deck I'll use Ultimate offering to play one Blue Eyes and a card face down. That reduces my life points to 3400. " I sacrifice my monster to summon Jinzo. And I'll destroy that ultimate offering. And put him in defense mode and play card face down," said Joey. ' Let's see what card Joey played face down,' thought Marik. " I see you just played Limiter Removal. Well, now I use Pot of Greed to steal one card from your deck and I'll take Red Eyes Black Dragon. And I play a card face down and switch my Blue Eyes to defense mode. " Go, Jinzo, with Limiter Removal to increase his attack points to 4800," said Joey. " I play Change of Heart on your Jinzo. And since Limiter Removal will destroy him when I end my turn I play Giant Rat. And I sacrifice Jinzo and Giant Rat to play my second Blue Eyes White Dragon in attack mode and I switch my first one to attack mode as well. Your turn," said Marik. ' Man, Marik knows all my moves,' thought Joey. " Go, Time Wizard," said Joey. " Time Roulette!" said Joey. The arrow landed on a skull. Time Wizard was destroyed and Joey lost 250 life points. His life points dropped to 3750. " My turn," said Marik. " I play one card face down," said Marik. " I play Masked Sorcerer in defense mode," said Joey. " I use Brain Control to take control over your monster and I put Judgement Hand and I sacrifice both of them to play Blue Eyes White Dragon in attack mode," said Marik. ' Now he's gonna combine all three of them to create the Ultimate Dragon,' thought Joey. " You read my mind," said Marik. " I play one card face down," said Joey, "and I play Fiend Megacyber thanks to his special effect." " I draw and play Upstart Goblin to increase your life points to 4750 and draw another card, and I play that card face down," said Marik. " I play Melchild the Four-Faced Beast and I use Curse of Masked Beast to sacrifice both my monsters to bring out a monster more powerful than Blue Eyes White Dragon, The Masked Beast with an attack of 3200. Now Masked Beast, destroy Blue Eyes White Dragon," said Joey. One Blue Eyes was destroyed and Marik's life point's dropped to 3200. " You fool, I use the Monster Reborn card I had face down to bring back that Blue Eyes and now I sacrifice all three of them to bring forth the strongest monster there is, the Winged Dragon of Ra, with an attack of 9000. And now I use Megamorph on it to increase its attack to 18000! Now my monster, destroy Joey and his pathetic monster!" said Marik. Ra's attack hit the Masked Beast and Joey sending Joey life points to 0. Joey was unconscious. " Joey!" cried Mai as she ran over to him. " Mai, where you come from?" asked Yugi. " Mai, Yugi, Joey look out," said Tristan. Marik had just played Slyfer the Sky Dragon. " Here, Yugi, take back your deck," said Marik as he threw Yugi deck back to him. " I play Harpie's Pet Dragon," said Mai. " Mai, I can't allow you to duel Marik. I'll take him on," said Yugi. Marik was cracking up. " All right Yugi, I agree. But if win, Tèa dies," said Marik. Tèa, who was standing in the back round, was in shock. " No, not Tèa. Me," said Yugi. Tèa was now crying. She ran over to Yugi and kissed him. " I'll be right here, next to you," she said. Marik activated his Rod and turned into Yami Marik. " Tèa, bow before me," he said as they were trapped in the Shadow Realm. With his Millenium Rod he made Tèa bow. Yugi was about to punch Yami Marik when Slyfer got in his way. " Yugi, you lay one finger on me, and your ex-God here will kill Tèa," said Marik. The stress of the Shadow Realm was really getting to Tèa and Yugi. " Marik… if… I … win …oh!" said Yugi as he fainted. Tèa was so mad of what Marik had done she grew strong. " Marik! I'll duel you for Yugi's puzzle," said Tèa as she took out her deck and inserted it into Yugi's duel disk. She put the duel disk on. ' Perfect!' thought Marik. " I'll go first," said Tèa, " I play Tripwire Beast in attack mode and a card face down," said Tèa. "I'll go have a look at your mind," said Yami Marik. But he couldn't. " This can't be!" he said. " Oh, well. I'll play the Wicked Worm Beast. Attack her my Beast!" said Yami Marik. Tèa's life points dropped to 3800. " I play Drooling Lizard in defense," said Tèa. " I'll use Stop Defense to switch your lizard to attack mode. And now I place one card face down and sacrifice the Worm Beast to place Fiend Megacyber. Now destroy her lizard," said Marik. Tèa's life points dropped to 2500. ' Man, I'm doomed,' thought Tèa. " I'll use Change of Heart to gain control over your monster. And I use Mystic Clown, and card face down. Now, both of them will attack you," said Tèa. "Not so fast Tèa. I activate Mirror Force," said Yami Marik. "The I'll use my Monster Recovery card to put your monster into my deck. Tèa's life points dropped to 1800 because her clown was destroyed. " I now play Mystical Elf and I'll use Malevolent Nuzzler and Black Pendant to increase its attack power to 2000," said Tèa, " But I'm also putting Megamorph. Its attack is increase to 4000. Marik I win. Now Mystical Elf attack him directly." Yami Marik's life points dropped to 0. Yami Marik turned back to Marik. " No, this can't be she, no!" said Marik. " I won so I get the Millenium Puzzle. And since I put something on the line I get to Keep Ra," said Tèa as she took the Millenium Puzzle and Ra. She put the Puzzle around Yugi's neck. Nothing happened. Yugi had now woken up but Yami didn't come out. (They were out of the Shadow Realm.) Marik chuckled. " Oh, Tèa. Since you beat me in a duel the Puzzle belongs to you, not Yugi. If you want Yugi to get it you must lose in a duel with him," said Marik.