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"Take down this freakazoid Yug!"said Joey.

"I can't afford to expose Patamon, but how else can I get Kari down from there? Guess all we can do is hope this Yugi kid dosen't lose"thought T.K.

"This is comepletely crazy, what on earth is going on here?"thought Yolie.

"Is this guy really under mind control? It's kinda like when the Kaiser takes Digimon under his control. But I don't seen a dark ring on his body"thought Davis.

"I'm placing the Celtic Guardian in attack mode"

It had an ATK of 1400 and DEF of 1200.

"Um, he is strong, right?"asked Cody.

Joey had forgotten that they were there.

"Um, yeah kinda"said Joey.

"I'm placing my monster in defence mode"

"What's the matter, afraid to fight me like a man? Allright Celtic Guardian, attack!"

"That's exactly what I wanted you to do little Yugi. Attacking has activated the effect of my Cyber Jar. First it destroys every monster on the field"

Celtic Guardian was blasted away.

"Now we each draw 5 new cards"

"Time to change strategies"thought Yugi.

"I place my monster in defense mode"

"And I'll place mine in attack mode. Meet Mechanical Chaser(1850 ATK) and Ground attacking Bug Brawler(1500 ATK)

"Boy, Bandit Keith sure loves his machines"said Joey.

"Is he in trouble?"asked Davis.

"Nah, Yugi will whoop this clown"said Joey.

"I can't believe I actualy believed that creep. This is all my fault"said Kari.

She gasped as waves of the dark ocean were flashing in front of her.

"Ah, NO!"

"Now I'll summon Machine King(ATK 2200) He get's an extra 100 attack points for every machine on the field, raising his attack by 200 points. Now Machine King, attack with Jet Punch"

Silver Fang was abolished.

"I don't know anything about Duel Monsters, but it's obvious things don't look good"said Cody.

"C'mon, take this guy down so we can save Kari!"said Davis.

"Cheer all you want, little Yugi is totaly outmatched by my machine cards. Soon enough, they'll steamroll your lifepoints, and I will take possesion of your millenium puzzle"

"Why do you want his puzzle so bad?"asked Joey.

"Like a fool like you could ever comprehend the magic contained within that puzzle. With it, I will destroy the Pharoah, and rule in his place. The Pharoah will never be forgiven for what he has done"

"Look, I don't care about your buisness with this pharoah or whatever, but leave Kari out of it, she has nothing to do with this"said T.K.

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"Where would the fun be in that? Besides, Kari got herself into this. Why not let her join the fun? She will be a witness to the birth of a new era"

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"No way am I letting this Mind controlling freak get his hands on my puzzle"thought Yugi.

"I play Curse of Dragon, in attack mode(ATK 2000) Then play Gaia, the Fierce Knight(ATK 2300) Now I use Polmerasation to create Gai the Dragon Champion!(ATK 2600)

"Now Gaia, double dragon lance on his Mechanical Chaser!"

Gaia the Dragon Champion slashed in mid air, destroying Mechanical Chaser.

"This causes your Machine King to lose 100 attack points, and you lose 750 lifepoints"

Malik:1250

"Very good, but what will you do, when I switch my weaker monster to defence mode, then place Mega Sonic eye in defence(DEF 1800) which raises my Machine King's attack to 2500, then play Machine Conversion factory, which gives all of my machine monsters 300 extra attack points"

"No, my dragon champion!"

"Now Machine King, Jet Punch!"

Yugi:1800

"This sucks, that Yugi kid's getting creamed from what I can tell"said Davis.

"No, don't take me!"said kari clutching her head.

T.K and the others(except Yugi and the possesed Keith) looked up to see Kari fizziling out.

"Kari!"gasped Yolie.

"She's turned to static!"gasped Cody.

"What the heck?"

"No, leave me alone! I just don't think I can stand it this time!"

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"Little Yugi is doing better then I thought without the Pharoah's help, but he's still just another nomous compared"

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Yugi drew.

"Summoned Skull, this gives me an idea"thought Yugi.

"Allright, take this! I play Mokiou!"

A rain shower was rusting Malik/Keith's monsters.

"You really think a little rain will destroy my monsters?"

"It won't destroy them, but it will cause them to rust, and lower their attack strength. Now they're the perfect target for my Summoned Skull! Attack Machine King!"

Malik:500

"Any more machine for the scrap yard?"

"You little"

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"Not bad, but this duel has just begun"

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"I can't fight it! It's too strong!"thought Kari, who could feel her body giving up strength on her, her mind surrendering it's will.

"Kari, what's wrong, let us help you!"said T.K.

But Kari couldn't hear them, as she felt herself FADE AWAY little by little.

"What now?"asked Yugi.

"I play the Graceful Charity card, which allows me to draw 3 more cards"

Using a device in his wrist, the possesed Keith took cards from his wrist, the exact ones he needed.

"Allright Little Yugi, I play the all powerful Zera ritual"

"Aw, what is that!"

"Sacraficing the 2 monsters I have on the field, I can summon my ultimate creature, Zera the Mant!"

It had an ATK of 2800 and DEF of 2300.

"I also place one card face down"

"I'll unleash it's wrath when the time is right"thought Malik.

"Now Zera, destroy his Summoned Skull!"

Yugi:1500

"You may destroyed my Summoned Skull, but this duel is not over!"

"What a naive little fool. He will fall against my superior monsters, and the millenium puzzle will be under my control!"thought Malik.

"Dude, what's up with her?"asked Joey.

"I have no idea, but if we don't so something we may lose her forever"said Cody.

"Somebody help me"pleaded Kari.

"We're right here Kari, just tell us what to do"said T.K.

"I, I can't fight it!"said Kari.

Yugi drew.

"The Koumori Dragon, it can't take on his Zera, but I can defend myself with it"thoguth Yugi.

"I'll place a monster in defence mode. Allright, it's your move"

Malik/Keith drew.

"First I play Seyaru, in attack mode"

It had an ATK of 2500 and DEF of 2300.

"Now I play Stop Defence, which switches the monster you played in defence to attack"

Koumori Dragon was revealed, with a measily 1500 attack strength.

"No!"

"Now that he's in attack mode, when I destroy it your lifepoints will suffer. Now Zera, attack!"

Yugi:400

"The end is near little Yugi"

"Yug, you gotta hurry and finish this! That kid up there's, uh, I don't know"

Yugi and the possesed Bandit Keith looked up and Kari was fizziling, and she was becoming harder and harder to see.

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"No! If I use my rod to control her, I'll be dragged as well! But it dosen't matter, if little Yugi wants his puzzle back he'll have to duel me"

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"Now I'll place 2 more cards face down on the field"

Yugi drew.

"This card face down, then Dark Magician in defence mode(2500/2300) now, I conceal him with the Magical Hats. In order to win, you'll have to find him"

"Ah, I thought you might try something like that, so I'll activate Magic Jammer, which will negate your Magical hats when I discard a card from my hand, so now your Dark Magician is revealed!"

"Grr"

"To end my turn, I'll switch Zera to defenc mode. Confused? You'll see what happens soon enough"

Yugi drew.

"I pass my turn"

"Very well, I activate a magic card called Curse of Fiend. It will switch every monster on the field to the opposite position, so Dark Magician and Zera switch to attack mode. Attack Dark Magician!"

"I activate Mirror Force! This will redirect Zera's attack back at you!"

"Nice try, but I activate Solemn Judgement. Giving up half of my lifepoints, I get to negate the last card my player played, so now your Dark Magician is gone!"

Malik:250 Yugi:100

"It may have caused me 250 lifepoints, but now I'm an attack away from winning your puzzle!"

"We have to do something!"said T.K.

"No, I'm losing vision of my friends, the Dark Ocean's becoming clearer!"thought Kari.

Yugi drew.

"Allright"thought Yugi.

"I place a card face down, and a monster in defence mode. Allright, let's see what you got"

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"Very well, let's end this"

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"I play Tribute to the Doomed!"

"Whoa, that's one of the rarest cards!"

"Very perceptive, with this card I can anialte any monster on your side of the field"

"Sorry, but I activate Living arrow, which will take your magic card and turn back at Zera!"

"Zera, no!"

Zera was destroyed.

"Time for me to win this duel and take my puzzle back, AND free the girl, so it's YOUR move!"

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"That's it! I'm tired of these games! Time to end this!"

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"No, no! I can't! How do I stop this?"thought Kari.

"C'mon Kari, quit struggiling!"said Yami Malik popping in front of her.

"Stay back!"said Kari.

"Or what?"

"I said STAY BAAAAAAAACK!"

Kari closed her eyes and clutched her head as a beam of light blasted as Yami Malik, blowing up the cage bars, causing the cage to drop into the arena, blowing it up.

"What's going on!"thought Malik.

This caused the machines to blow up as well, spreading the fire everywhere.

"We're trapped!"gasped Cody.

"Yugi, where are ya!"

Yugi was pulling with all of his strength to get that puzzle off, but his efforts seemed for nothing.

"I have to get my puzzle, can't leave without it"thought Yugi.

However, the heat was overwhelming him, making him dizzy.

"Yug, where are ya!"asked Joey.

"Kari!"gasped T.K.

"No, she's trapped too, even worse then we are!"said Cody.

"Does anyone have a plan?"asked Yolie.

The possesed Keith burnt to a crisp, as Malik did not bother moving him.

Kari, who was still glowing, rose above the fire.

"Let's get out of here, and forget this ever happened!"said Kari.

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Malik grolwed.

"I was so close! That runt only had 100 lifepoints leaft, I would've won!"growled Malik.

But he calmed down, setting his Rod aside.

"Enjoy yourself now Yugi, this is not over between us! And you, little Kari, you will pay as well for messing things up!"

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Yugi woke up in his bed, fine as ever.

"Whoa, that was some weird dream"said Yugi.

"Yugi, are you allright?"asked his yami.

"Yeah, why?"asked Yugi.

"Because what you experienced was no dream, it really happened. You've been out since yesterday"said Yami.

"Whoa, so that did happen. Then that girl, no wonde she was so important, I wish I could thank her"said Yugi.

"Who knows, perhaps you'll meet again someday. But one thing's for certain, whoever was after our puzzle will strike again"said Yami.

"Yeah, but we'll be ready!"

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"Oh, do I have a headache"grumbled Kari waking up.

"Oh Kari, thank goodness. You've been sleeping for awhile"

"Hey mom, I'm going for a walk"

"But honey, you jus woke up"

"Please, I need it"

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"How ya feeling?"asked T.K, who Kari invited to walk with her.

"T.K, you know those dreams I told you about?"

"Yeah"

"Let's sit down, I got a lot of stuff to tell ya"

So they sat on the curve as Kari told her tale.

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"Rashid, we must prepare out next course of action"said Malik.

"Yes"

From within, Malik's Yami waited.

"You can't hide forever Malik, neither can Kari. Once I fullfill my end of the bargain with Dragomon, I will take control and banish this world to a living Hell"

The End

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