I couldn't help but chuckle again as Yami no Malik drew a card at the beginning of his turn. "It doesn't matter what you play, the outcome will be the same. God of Ra will destroy you in the next round!"

"That's right, Ra will send you back to the darkness so that I may regain my body!" Malik frowned at his other self, who had started his irritating laughter again.

"Huh huh…" Holding out the Millennium Rod, he grinned at us as it started to glow. "This Millennium Rod which belonged to the Ishtaru family…it has accepted me, the one born from your hatred. Perhaps I'm the real Mariku Ishtaru…"

"Leave me alone! I'm the real Mariku!" Malik's voice protested beside me as I watched, slightly amused at how they argued.

"Huh huh huh…we'll see who the God of Ra obeys…" He played a magic card face up. "I play the card Vengeful Bog Spirit…the card which will prevent monsters from attacking the turn they are summoned. My turn is over."

I drew a card at the start of my turn, silently planning what I would do…

"Bakura! Play God of Ra and finish him off!" Evidently Malik was pissed off at his Yami now and was taking it out on me…

"Urusai! I'll handle this on my own!" Pulling God of Ra from my hand, I placed it on my Duel Disk, sacrificing my Earl of Demise, Headless Knight, and Clown Zombie.

"Huh huh…you've fallen into my trap…" Yami no Malik was mocking me…

"Nani?!" My heart skipped a beat; he couldn't be activating Trap Hole?!

"My trap card Terror Strike steals the attack power of the three monsters you tributed and adds it to my life points…" I frowned as he laughed in victory…his life points were now up to 8550.

My eyes widened as God of Ra appeared on the field with 0 Attack…

"God of Ra's attack is based on the sum of the three monster's attack points that you sacrificed…" Malik just had to rub it in!

"This is your fault! You never told me about this!" I growled in his direction.

"I didn't know he would have a plan…" He looked towards his Yami seriously, sweat dripping down his forehead.

"Kuso…" I glared at Yami no Malik…somehow I would still stop him! I placed God of Ra and Puppet Master in defense and ended my turn.

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*Anzu's POV*

I stirred slightly, opening my eyes and sitting up. Somehow I was laying my head on a bed…I was in Bakura-kun's room! How did I get to be here…? All I could remember was being in Mai-san's room, and suddenly I'm not?

Rising from my knees and glancing around, I saw that Bakura's bed was empty. How could he have left the room in his condition?

I ran quickly down the empty hallway, making my way to Yugi's room. Banging loudly at the door, I heard his sleepy voice ask who it was.

"Atashi, Anzu yo!" I waited impatiently until he finally opened the door.

"Anzu…it's late…why are you…?" Yugi rubbed his eyes tiredly.

"Yugi-kun….it's Bakura-kun…he's gone!"

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*Bakura's POV*



Yami no Malik drew a card from his deck, then sent his one monster to attack my Puppet Master. It snickered at my loss when it was destroyed, although I lost no life points.

"Bakura…what will you do? Ra has no attack…huh huh…" His laughter mocked me as I drew a card. Smiling, I raised the card in the air.

"I sacrifice God of Ra…" I slammed my next card on the Duel Disk with confidence, "for Hades, King of the Dead (2450/1600)!"

"Huh huh huh…Bakura, why would you sacrifice a god..?"

I smirked, knowing what he was thinking. "I remember that you took my Monster Reborn, but God of Ra's attack is based on the attack of the monsters you sacrifice for it; if you use Monster Reborn, it's attack will be zero!" I watched him stare with that stupid grin for a moment before making my next move.

"I know I failed to summon Ra, but this duel isn't over yet!" I placed Dark Necrofear (2200/2800) on the Disk after removing three Fiend monsters from my Graveyard in order to summon it, watching it materialize on the field.

"Along with that, I activate the magic card Premature Burial, so by paying 800 Life Points I can revive my Earl of Demise (2000/700)!" I placed it in attack mode, but unfortunately I could not attack because of his magic card. Slowly I noticed part of my leg fading away from the loss of life points…funny how I couldn't feel it. Yami no Malik's "Shadow Games" were pitiful.

"Don't waste our Life Points!" Malik was bitching again…

"Urusai! This is my duel!" I growled back.

"I'm the one with the strategies!" He was really getting on my nerves, and I didn't want to deal with it anymore…

"Doesn't seem like your "strategies" are working, you idiot!" A raised a fist at him, continuing to argue.

"Nanda?!" He was glaring back at me; if only he had a body at the moment…I would've punched him on the spot.

Yami no Malik began to laugh. Turning back to him, we both scowled.

"You two don't seem to cooperate as partners…" He continued to laugh, which only aggravated me further.

"Why are you laughing?!" I yelled.

"One turn kill…" He muttered softly. I waited for explanation, wondering what he was up to.

"I'll show you Ra's second ability, Bakura, the one even my hikari knows nothing about…"

"One turn kill…" I repeated those words with a bit of sweat running down the side of my face…what could this mean?

"One turn is enough!"

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*Anzu's POV*

We made our way to the top level…Yugi had guessed that Malik had attacked him and perhaps was dueling him. We had decided to go check.

When we got there, a large cloud was hanging over the dueling arena.

"What is that?!" I blinked, watching the dark cloud.

"It's not fog-that's an area of Shadow Games!" Yugi seemed pretty worried…he transformed somehow and became the other Yugi…

"Bakura must be in there and is opponent must be Malik! Anzu, go to your room…I'll handle this…"

"No! I'm tired of being left out of things! I know about the Millennium Items! I want to help too!"

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*Bakura's POV*

I twitched slightly, wondering what was to come.

"Huh huh…I activate Monster Reborn! And of course I choose to bring back God of Ra from your graveyard!" Yami no Malik held out a hand, motioning to my Duel Disk, which was starting to glow…

"Ahh…gah!" I looked down at the Disk as it glowed, God of Ra emerging from it with fire.

Malik spoke up as I stared at the god card, shocked. "But because he did not sacrifice monsters for it, its attack and defense are 0. And plus, trap cards have no effect on God cards and magic cards only work for one round. So Ra will be gone in one round…"

"It's funny how you don't realize the real power of God of Ra…" Yami no Malik began muttering an incantation…

"N-nani yo?" I felt a bit nervous at what he was doing…

"He's saying some sort of chant…this is the first time I've heard it, too…"

As Yami no Malik continued to chant, his body began to disappear…

"Nani?! Mariku's body is fading…" I felt in slight shock...what was he doing?

"Let me explain the power of the second ability of Ra to you…when a person reads the third line of the Ancient Words on the card, it activates its ability. By doing this, he loses all his life points except one and equips them to the attack power of Ra…" I watched in shock as almost his whole body except for an eye and a hand became part of Ra…this couldn't be happening…

I looked up in fear, watching him on top of God of Ra. I couldn't lose…not like this…I had to get my revenge for Seto…my eyes widened in shock as God of Ra poised himself to attack.

"Ra destroys all the monsters on the field!" He laughed as the fire burnt away all of my monsters.

"Then it attacks the players directly!" The fire blew directly at us, igniting my body along with Malik's.

"Aaahhhh!!" I watched him burn away; something about that gave me immense satisfaction, but a large part of me hated that I was not the one to do it.

The flames filled my body with intense pain, but I would not give Yami no Malik the pleasure of letting him know it. The smoke began to circle around my body as it faded…

"Know that even though you have won, you cannot destroy me, for I am the darkness…" I began to laugh until I faded away.

*Yami Yugi's POV*

I tried to explain to Anzu about Shadow Games and such, but I didn't really know how, seeing that I didn't remember my past life. I noticed the Shadow Realm's power fading away…looking towards it, I saw Yami no Malik standing there…

Walking into the arena, I frowned in his direction. "Where's Bakura?"

He began to laugh. "Where does anyone go when they are banished to the Shadow Realm? Who knows?"

"What are you saying?" I blinked at him.

"Huh huh…maybe you'll be joining him soon and find out, Yugi…" Without another word, he walked away from me.



*Isis's POV*

I could feel the intense heat on my body…I watched the raging fire in front of me in horror. Something was happening…suddenly I saw my brother Malik amidst the fire…his lavender eyes wide as he called out to me.

"Ne-san!!" With that, the fire consumed his body.

With a gasp I jerked forward in my bed. It was a dream…but my dreams always meant something. I had been known to have dream that could tell the future or dreams of forewarning.

Then I noticed my door opening. Looking in that direction, I saw a girl at my door…she was the girl that accompanied Yugi and his friends…she had short brown hair, and her blue eyes looked glossy and distant.

"Y-you are…" I blinked at her, wondering why she had come here.

"Ne-san…" I heard he mutter.

"N-nani?" I blinked again.

"Ne-san…" Suddenly, I saw Malik's image beside her. I sat up straighter.

"Malik!" I gasped.

"Rashid…you have to save Rashid from my yami!"

*Yami Malik's POV*



I chuckled to myself as I entered Rashid's room, pulling the Rod apart to bring out the sharp end again. Now that I had gotten rid of Bakura, I could do what I meant to do. As I approached his bed, I began to laugh harder as I-wait…

He's not here! I stared at his empty bed in disbelief…it was my sister, that damn woman…I cursed her silently, walking from the room.

(A/N: Let's see...all of the card names in the long and boring description of Malik and Baku's duel...well, I had to use the English versions so I wouldn't get them mixed up. Except for "Hades, King of the Dead" because it's original name was so horrible. (The Dark Ruler Ha Des. x.x)

Umm...I realize this didn't have any song lyrics...because there is no singing in this part of the album. How convenient. ^^ The next chapter will be the last! Please read and review!!))