I feel like I have been here before. This forest, these clothes, its almost as if I have lived it. That Yugi guy is not bad. I think he has been here before, or at least herd of it before. It seems that ever since I got this Amulet trouble has followed everywhere. The others, it has not yet hit them. The power, the responsibility we now posses. Or even the fact that these items choose us! Maybe I am just over reacting, maybe if I just relax and follow this guy Yugi and his friends I I'll be fine.

Yami tilted his head slightly and spied Kevin in the shadows of they giant trees over head from them. I am worried about the thoughts of the quiet one. He is just nervous, he will come to in time. Remember how freaked out I was at first? True, but he better snap out of it fast, the Shadow Realm is no place for day dreaming. Yami wearing a royal blue armless shirt with gold chains and bracelets running up and down his arms like golden twisters. His legs had blue rhapsody colored pants with a chain for a belt. Above his piercing eyes is a golden crown.

"Hey Yug! What's with ya get ups? You and those 4 other guys look like you where sprung from a time machine!" Joey pointed out. Darcy jolts with surprise when she looks down and sees her attire, which consists of a white long sleeved shirt that flared at the cuffs and white pants that flared at the bottoms. Chain mail was wrapped around her waist and fell down to the bottom of her left leg. Her flute, in a holster on her waist was met by her hand. Kevin was wrapped in a flowing crimson robe with golden designs all around it. When the hood on it was up, Kevin's face would be lost. Kyle was dressed in golden chain mail. At the bottom of his torso piece of chain mail was a belt buckle that had 2 swords crossed over a shield. And Richard in jade shorts and a black shirt with armbands placed randomly down his arms. His hands were wrapped in a hard yet soft fabric and his head had a green bandana wrapped around his head with his jet black bangs hanging out of the top.

"Joey, I don't not know! It is probably just part of Pegasus's twisted game! Yami shouted into the darkness of the forest.

"Well is this is Pegasus's game I don't wanna play!" Mai stood out and shouted.

While gritting his teeth and having a drop of sweat falling from his brow Yami growled, "We don't have a choice Mai! I have dueled Pegasus before and believe me, he likes to keep his opponents off balance. His games are win or cry! Play or die!"

Kyle scoughs and stands up from a stump and questions, "Okay you three I can understand Pegasus's want," he said while pointing at Mai, Joey and Yugi. "But why dose he want us? We had nothing to do with Duelist Kingdom!"

"That may be true," Yami replied. He squinted his eyes and asked, "Kyle is it? I remember your brother, seeing him in tournaments. His favorite card was the Black Luster Soldier correct?"

"What about it?" Kyle replies while looking away from Yugi.

"Let me ask you this, why did you know that you would be needing it when you left for the tournament?"

"I had a feeling I might need it" Yami smiles, "You items, they powers are new to you, but yet, there not. For those souls inside those items, guiding you, are your souls aswell". Yami backs up and looks at all the 4. "Most of you have forgotten you have them on your bodies," Yami looks over at Kevin with a knowing look in his eyes. "Those items, the Mystic items were the tools used long ago at this very isle to bind the powers that were duel monsters. At the disposal of the 4 Pharaohs of yes, the true Duelist Kingdom!" At the sound of that name birds flew out of the trees and silence fell throughout the forest. "Long ago this place a peaceful source of power and order for all magic. Until the day when the darkest of evils came to the shores to seek the power wielded by the pharaohs. Possessing the power of a Millennium Item, he killed the pharaohs and broke the seal of order of duel monsters. Then when he went for the power they wielded he was killed by the power of the bond made by the items new owners. The pharaohs 1st born children. And now that the items have found there rightful wielders once again, as long as there is a breath in my body I will protect them, there shadow powers have just begun to develop."

"Well in that case I guess I will just have to take that very last breath away from you!" A voice in the shadows threatened. A figure in a golden cloak walked forward from the shadows into the light. His long grey hair covers his left eye.

"Pegasus you twisted monster!" Yami growled. Yami charges at the figure. Yami fell through Pegasus and hit the ground hard. He jerked his head to see the figure again.

"You will have to do better than that lil' Yugi", Pegasus smirks.

"How could you do this?!? There only kids!" Mai snapped.

"SILENCE!!" Pegasus commands with his arm pushing outward causing Mai to be pushed back with his magic. Mai crashed into a tree and lowered her head and closed her eyes.

"MAI!" Joey shouted with panic. Joey snapped a branch from a tree and hurled it at Pegasus. Pegasus stares coldly at is and stopped it in mid air with a swipe of his arm causing the branch to twirl backward and hit Joey in the stomach knocking him to the ground.

"Do you really think I would go through all this trouble just to kill you all? Ha! I just can't wait for my little game to get underway. As lil' Yugi said before I enjoy playing with my prey before I move in for the kill. Oh, I just can barely wait for hearing all those screams of terror running freely throughout this vast land of darkness!" Pegasus spoke with an elegant tone yet with a glimmer of mania.

"The only screams of terror that will becoming from these lands will be from you after we get through with you!" Yami growled.

"You want us, then come and get us! Lets duel!" Darcy declared while stepping forward, while being held back.

"Darcy calm down! He's dangerous!" Kyle yelled out.

Pegasus looked down and smiled, "In time we shall duel, but in the mean time you will have to duel against the all odds. Here is the deal, you play my little game and have a chance at saving your precious families". Pegasus looks up and glares at all of them with a sinister smirk. "Or you refuse and I take your souls right off the back and tear up your soul cards and the soul cards of your families. Then I will take the souls of everyone in the entire world! And tear them up to!!"

Kevin's Amulet began to glow with a moron light. These are not illusions, he can do it! It's real!!

Darcy heard a light hum in her head. His mind is bent with evil! If we don't stop him my mother! Everyone I care about will parish!

Kyle felt energy gathering around him, his pupils shrunk into the brown of his eyes. I cannot let this happen! I won't let it!

The ring around Richards's hand, the markings on it began to glow with a golden aura. Everyone thinks I can never do anything by myself. I will prove them wrong! I will put an end to this.

Yami's 3rd eye glows, we accept Pegasus.

Silence fell..

Pegasus lowered his head and closed his eyes and felt the power emulating. "Ahhh, great. You powers are developing fast. I sense that when I take them from you you will be kicking and screaming, for so you have aleady formed a strong bond with them. And with those items I will be able to wreak havoc in every dimension we choose."

Yami grips his hand, what are the terms to this game!"

Pegasus looked up and smiled politely. "Simple lil' Yugi. You all will start out with 8,000 life points. Like in a duel monsters game your life points will fall. When your life point gauge reaches zero. You soul becomes mine! In this isle there are 4 palaces, in the 4 palaces there are the 4 reincarnations past fathers. Pass there trails and defeat them in a duel. And when all 4 palaces are cleared my palace entrance shall appear. There, if you pass my trials, you have the honor of facing me in a duel unlike any other. Happy hunting!" as Pegasus turned around he vanished in the darkness of the shadows of the forest.

A crack in the woods echoed. Yami squinted his eyes, "watch yourself, we are not alone in this forest."

Darcy looked around and held her shoulder. Like a crack of a whip a thorn vine wrapped around Darcy's leg! "Ahhhhhh!" Darcy was thrown up and saw her assailant! A green women inside a giant rose!

"Darcy, stand still!" Kyle shouted as he ran towards her. He tripped and fell and suddenly was dragged across the ground! "Ahhhhhh! SOMEBODY HELP!!!!!!" Yami's foot stomped on the wooden root dragging Kyle and looked back and saw a tree with a face!

"Trents are very dangerous! I bet this whole forest is crawling with more mosters stronger than just 1 Trent", Yami announced.

Kyle pushed his way up to the ground and cracked his neck, " the how do we help Darcy! If we don't help she's plant food for that Rose Specter of Dunn!"

Yami drawed a card from his Hollister, "watch and learn! Go Curse of Dragon!" Yami yelled. He raised his card to the sky and a giant dragon flied to Yami and let out a bird like cry. "Now! Curse of Dragon! Let your Fire we the Rose Specters bane! Aim for the blossom!" Yami raised his arms crossed and then threw them outward. "Dragon Flame!"

The dragon in the sky let out another cry and inhaled deeply. With a powerful roar it threw a stream of fire! Yami's eyes glistened with the fire above them. With a low growl he says, "It begins..."