Yay, while I'm here it's time for Chapter 21 time!
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When Serena flew in there 30 minutes later, (she's still kind of weak from summoning her future self, usually when she flies it takes like 10 straight minutes)(yes, I may have said that she was near the stadium but she was far away) she saw flashes of light, meaning the last opponents must be fighting each other. Neptune must be fighting.
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The gang was still shocked that it was Bakura and his millennium ring in there that beat Neptune!
Yami Bakura smirked as the crowd cheered and that the announcer declared Bakura the winner. He walked back to the back as Yami Marik smirked back at him.
The announcer's voice boomed, " Before we begin the finals of the finals, there will be a 30 minutes intermission to give our duelists time to prepare!"
Joey stood up. " I could take this time to go visit Serena and see how she's doing."
Mai suggested, "I'll go with you."
Suddenly Serena flew by them like a big jet as their hair flew back and stayed that way.
A nervous chuckle came from Tristan, " I think she's well and recovered."
Serena stopped and realized she needed to talk to Mina because she is part of the plan. She flied back and floated upside down towards them.
They were all just frozen there because of freaked out-ness.
"Hey Serena," greeted Joey as his eye was twitching.
"What's up! Mina, I really need to talk to you so leave Caleb with Lita again."
Lita's eyes widened, " WHAT?!"
"Oh sure, here Lita, take care of him for a bit would ya?" She handed Caleb to a eye-twitching Lita. "You're a pal Lita!" The both blondes flew away together to the back area.
Baby Caleb was cooing as Lita looked down.
Tristan looked at her. "You're really popular with the boys, Lita."
Lita glared at him and held a fist up. "What was that Tristan?!"
Tristan stepped back in fear.
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The girls gathered around the back corner as Yami was over-hearing.
Mina scratched her head. "Are you sure? You think it'll get him back to his original self? "
Serena nodded. "yup, I called Pegasus and he's already ready. All we need is your consent. Evil Marik wouldn't know what hit him."
Reenie scratched her head. "You think it'll work though?"
Serena nodded, "Yeah."
The guys from the stands came to visit them at the back.
"I'm glad to see my meatball head feeling better!" said Serena's guy.
"I'm feeling better alright and ready to duel!" She looked at Joey and grunted that Mai was standing so close to him.
Mai complimented, " That was a pretty impressive trick back there Reenie. How on earth did you think about that? "
Serena patted Reenie on the shoulder, " I saw that on the tv with the other girls! You knew Trista still remembered you when you were little ! "
Duke helped Serena up. "I guess you're not Small Lady anymore huh?"
Reenie glared at him. "If you call me small lady again, I swear I'll deck you one."
Duke whimpered in his scared self.
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30 minutes had passed and the competitors were randomly matched up as followed.
*Serena vs. Yami Marik (no surprise there)
*Yami Bakura vs. Ishizu
Since the last person doesn't have an opponent, the winner of the first duel shall go against him and the winner from that duel shall go against that person from the 2nd duel.
Joey stood there against the wall in fear on what might happen to Serena when she faces the evil Marik.
The people behind him were trying to see.
Tristan kept looking from those people to Joey. "Uh, hey dude, if you could just sit down the people behind you should be able to see."
Joey sat down with out a word.
Reenie looked at him with concern. "What's the matter Joey?"
Mai looked at him with concern himself, " Joey, don't worry about Serena. She can handle herself in this big of a duel. She has your rare cards therefore she won't lose and she'll get the real Marik back! " she blinked and looked at the empty seat between Tristan and Reenie. "Speaking of Marik, where's his wife?"
Reenie happened to be holding Caleb replied, "She said she wasn't really feeling good so she went back to the mansion to rest. I told her I'll handle Caleb so she's fine." Reenie looked down at Caleb and thought to herself, " What a big lie. Come on Serena..I hope your plan works..."
The announcer's voice came up , " We're back from our 30 minute intervention and we're at the beginning of our finals finals round! Please welcome back our duelists...Serena Tskino vs. Marik Ishar!!
The crowd cheers as Serena's friends cheered for her. Yami, Ishizu and Odion watched from the back as the two duelists took their places at both of their sides of the fields.
"Duelists you may begin with our Queen starting first!"
Serena drew her first 5 cards, "Fine."
The next few voices she heard made her almost trip over of the embarrassment.
"Come on Selenity! You can do this!" cheered Rebecca.
"Show that recurring evil who's boss girlie!" shouted Mai.
"We're all with you doll-face!" shouted Serena's boyfriend.
Serena got to herself and yelled at them, "OKAY ALREADY!! I KNOW THAT! LET ME DUEL IN PEACE!!"
The gang sweat dropped. Yup, they embarrassed their friend alright.
"Are you going to just stand there and chat or are you going to face me and accept your defeat Selenity?" sniggered Yami Marik.
Serena got angered quickly. "HOLD YOUR HORSES BUCK-O!!"
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All the girls back at the mansion went back to sleep during Yami Bakura's and Neptune's duel except for Ryoko who just hooked Michelle onto a respiratory and she reapplied the blanket on Trista. She glanced back at the tv and noticed that Serena and yami Marik already started their duel with already . But, Ryoko noticed something..Serena acted like she really didn't know what was going on. She was looking all around the stadium like she was wondering where she was at.
"oh no..."
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The crowd was cheering and Serena had no idea what was going on. (Sounds familiar guys?) Yami Marik already has his invincible monsters on the field and all Serena had was her Magician of Faith and Jinzo. "What's going on here?" Serena asked herself.
Reenie yelled, "What are you doing just standing there cousin?! ATTACK!!!!"
Serena looked at her, "What did she just say? She looked at Yami Marik, his monsters, her monsters on the field and her deck. "What kind of game is this?"
The gang gasped.
"Did she say-" Began Tristan.
"What game is this?" finished Yami.
Mai gasped real loudly. "Could that evil side of Marik be using that same trick he used on me during the first battle city tournament?! " She asked her self in her mind.
"Draw a card Serena!"
"oh, I know what that means! But okay, " Serena drew a card and it happened to be a magic card. She looked at the situation slowly and she put down that card, " I guess I put this magic card face down."
The magic card that was faced down enlarged and sat next to Jinzo. Suddenly, Serena felt something slipping away. An image of a girl that looks like Hotaru slipped away from her.
"Keep going Serena! You're doing great!" shouted Tea.
Serena looked at her. She couldn't recognize that girl at all. "Who's she? Is she a friend of mine?"
"Stop playin' Serena and go!" ordered Joey.
"Alright..." She turned back to Yami Marik and said, " I guess I'll pass."
As Yami watched , Yugi just had to say something. "Hey! I think I'm remembering this same type of strategy! Remember at the first Battle City Tournament, The Evil Marik used a strategy against Mai when every card she played , it would be an ounce of memory that was on every card?"
Yami's eyes widened. He replied to Yugi telepathically. "You're right! He's using a mind erasing spell against Mai that he's using against her! That's why Serena doesn't know what she's doing!"
With a monstrous blow from one of Yami Marik's monsters, Serena's life points went from 3500 to 1900. Yes, it was that big of a chunk.
Her friends were surprised. Why would she let herself lose?
"I don't get it!" Tea started. "Evil Marik hasn't had anything done to his life points yet Serena didn't even think of a way to defend herself."
"Your right Tea," Tristan agreed. "It's like she forgot how to play duel monsters!"
Reenie eyes widened in realization on what was happening to her blood cousin. "If she's starting to forget what she knows, she better play that card before she loses it all or else...all is lost!"
"Gosh, " Serena scratched her head. She drew up another one and raised her eyebrows. "What a funny looking monster. " She skimmed her hand to see if there was anything she could use. "I'll play this one called "Strider, the beast of the moon in defense mode." She put down that card and that card enlarged right next to the magic card she laid down . Again, she had another thing pulled away from her. It was the memory of who she is and where she's lives and what she is.
Serena put her hand on her head as if she was going to faint. "I end my turn."
That made the crowd angry and they started booing.
Joey and Reenie were up on their feet standing towards the crowd yelling at them.
As they were yelling, Seto crossed his arms and thought to himself, " What is Serena doing? I know she duels better than this. Better than Yugi himself. She's acting like she's just playing the game for the first time!"
Rebecca was speechless. One of her idols was losing!
Yami Marik attacked again and Serena lost more life points. Now they were down to her final 1000.
Serena ordered for Jinzo to attack but he immediately got destroyed by one of Marik's traps which caused her 300 life points and another piece of her memory. This time it was about all the people she met, her family, Reenie, Chibi, Duke, Mai, the Istars Tristan, Yami, the outer scouts, the inner scouts, Serenity, Tea. Everyone.
Serena held her head in pain again as if that mind erasing thing was actually bouncing her brain up and down.
"Serena!!!!" yelled Yami as his voice echoed in her head.
She turned and looked at him with a confused look. "Do I know you?"
Yami gasped.
Now...all that was left in Serena's mind...was...well, Joey. What'll happen?
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When Serena flew in there 30 minutes later, (she's still kind of weak from summoning her future self, usually when she flies it takes like 10 straight minutes)(yes, I may have said that she was near the stadium but she was far away) she saw flashes of light, meaning the last opponents must be fighting each other. Neptune must be fighting.
___________________________________________________________________________
The gang was still shocked that it was Bakura and his millennium ring in there that beat Neptune!
Yami Bakura smirked as the crowd cheered and that the announcer declared Bakura the winner. He walked back to the back as Yami Marik smirked back at him.
The announcer's voice boomed, " Before we begin the finals of the finals, there will be a 30 minutes intermission to give our duelists time to prepare!"
Joey stood up. " I could take this time to go visit Serena and see how she's doing."
Mai suggested, "I'll go with you."
Suddenly Serena flew by them like a big jet as their hair flew back and stayed that way.
A nervous chuckle came from Tristan, " I think she's well and recovered."
Serena stopped and realized she needed to talk to Mina because she is part of the plan. She flied back and floated upside down towards them.
They were all just frozen there because of freaked out-ness.
"Hey Serena," greeted Joey as his eye was twitching.
"What's up! Mina, I really need to talk to you so leave Caleb with Lita again."
Lita's eyes widened, " WHAT?!"
"Oh sure, here Lita, take care of him for a bit would ya?" She handed Caleb to a eye-twitching Lita. "You're a pal Lita!" The both blondes flew away together to the back area.
Baby Caleb was cooing as Lita looked down.
Tristan looked at her. "You're really popular with the boys, Lita."
Lita glared at him and held a fist up. "What was that Tristan?!"
Tristan stepped back in fear.
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The girls gathered around the back corner as Yami was over-hearing.
Mina scratched her head. "Are you sure? You think it'll get him back to his original self? "
Serena nodded. "yup, I called Pegasus and he's already ready. All we need is your consent. Evil Marik wouldn't know what hit him."
Reenie scratched her head. "You think it'll work though?"
Serena nodded, "Yeah."
The guys from the stands came to visit them at the back.
"I'm glad to see my meatball head feeling better!" said Serena's guy.
"I'm feeling better alright and ready to duel!" She looked at Joey and grunted that Mai was standing so close to him.
Mai complimented, " That was a pretty impressive trick back there Reenie. How on earth did you think about that? "
Serena patted Reenie on the shoulder, " I saw that on the tv with the other girls! You knew Trista still remembered you when you were little ! "
Duke helped Serena up. "I guess you're not Small Lady anymore huh?"
Reenie glared at him. "If you call me small lady again, I swear I'll deck you one."
Duke whimpered in his scared self.
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30 minutes had passed and the competitors were randomly matched up as followed.
*Serena vs. Yami Marik (no surprise there)
*Yami Bakura vs. Ishizu
Since the last person doesn't have an opponent, the winner of the first duel shall go against him and the winner from that duel shall go against that person from the 2nd duel.
Joey stood there against the wall in fear on what might happen to Serena when she faces the evil Marik.
The people behind him were trying to see.
Tristan kept looking from those people to Joey. "Uh, hey dude, if you could just sit down the people behind you should be able to see."
Joey sat down with out a word.
Reenie looked at him with concern. "What's the matter Joey?"
Mai looked at him with concern himself, " Joey, don't worry about Serena. She can handle herself in this big of a duel. She has your rare cards therefore she won't lose and she'll get the real Marik back! " she blinked and looked at the empty seat between Tristan and Reenie. "Speaking of Marik, where's his wife?"
Reenie happened to be holding Caleb replied, "She said she wasn't really feeling good so she went back to the mansion to rest. I told her I'll handle Caleb so she's fine." Reenie looked down at Caleb and thought to herself, " What a big lie. Come on Serena..I hope your plan works..."
The announcer's voice came up , " We're back from our 30 minute intervention and we're at the beginning of our finals finals round! Please welcome back our duelists...Serena Tskino vs. Marik Ishar!!
The crowd cheers as Serena's friends cheered for her. Yami, Ishizu and Odion watched from the back as the two duelists took their places at both of their sides of the fields.
"Duelists you may begin with our Queen starting first!"
Serena drew her first 5 cards, "Fine."
The next few voices she heard made her almost trip over of the embarrassment.
"Come on Selenity! You can do this!" cheered Rebecca.
"Show that recurring evil who's boss girlie!" shouted Mai.
"We're all with you doll-face!" shouted Serena's boyfriend.
Serena got to herself and yelled at them, "OKAY ALREADY!! I KNOW THAT! LET ME DUEL IN PEACE!!"
The gang sweat dropped. Yup, they embarrassed their friend alright.
"Are you going to just stand there and chat or are you going to face me and accept your defeat Selenity?" sniggered Yami Marik.
Serena got angered quickly. "HOLD YOUR HORSES BUCK-O!!"
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All the girls back at the mansion went back to sleep during Yami Bakura's and Neptune's duel except for Ryoko who just hooked Michelle onto a respiratory and she reapplied the blanket on Trista. She glanced back at the tv and noticed that Serena and yami Marik already started their duel with already . But, Ryoko noticed something..Serena acted like she really didn't know what was going on. She was looking all around the stadium like she was wondering where she was at.
"oh no..."
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The crowd was cheering and Serena had no idea what was going on. (Sounds familiar guys?) Yami Marik already has his invincible monsters on the field and all Serena had was her Magician of Faith and Jinzo. "What's going on here?" Serena asked herself.
Reenie yelled, "What are you doing just standing there cousin?! ATTACK!!!!"
Serena looked at her, "What did she just say? She looked at Yami Marik, his monsters, her monsters on the field and her deck. "What kind of game is this?"
The gang gasped.
"Did she say-" Began Tristan.
"What game is this?" finished Yami.
Mai gasped real loudly. "Could that evil side of Marik be using that same trick he used on me during the first battle city tournament?! " She asked her self in her mind.
"Draw a card Serena!"
"oh, I know what that means! But okay, " Serena drew a card and it happened to be a magic card. She looked at the situation slowly and she put down that card, " I guess I put this magic card face down."
The magic card that was faced down enlarged and sat next to Jinzo. Suddenly, Serena felt something slipping away. An image of a girl that looks like Hotaru slipped away from her.
"Keep going Serena! You're doing great!" shouted Tea.
Serena looked at her. She couldn't recognize that girl at all. "Who's she? Is she a friend of mine?"
"Stop playin' Serena and go!" ordered Joey.
"Alright..." She turned back to Yami Marik and said, " I guess I'll pass."
As Yami watched , Yugi just had to say something. "Hey! I think I'm remembering this same type of strategy! Remember at the first Battle City Tournament, The Evil Marik used a strategy against Mai when every card she played , it would be an ounce of memory that was on every card?"
Yami's eyes widened. He replied to Yugi telepathically. "You're right! He's using a mind erasing spell against Mai that he's using against her! That's why Serena doesn't know what she's doing!"
With a monstrous blow from one of Yami Marik's monsters, Serena's life points went from 3500 to 1900. Yes, it was that big of a chunk.
Her friends were surprised. Why would she let herself lose?
"I don't get it!" Tea started. "Evil Marik hasn't had anything done to his life points yet Serena didn't even think of a way to defend herself."
"Your right Tea," Tristan agreed. "It's like she forgot how to play duel monsters!"
Reenie eyes widened in realization on what was happening to her blood cousin. "If she's starting to forget what she knows, she better play that card before she loses it all or else...all is lost!"
"Gosh, " Serena scratched her head. She drew up another one and raised her eyebrows. "What a funny looking monster. " She skimmed her hand to see if there was anything she could use. "I'll play this one called "Strider, the beast of the moon in defense mode." She put down that card and that card enlarged right next to the magic card she laid down . Again, she had another thing pulled away from her. It was the memory of who she is and where she's lives and what she is.
Serena put her hand on her head as if she was going to faint. "I end my turn."
That made the crowd angry and they started booing.
Joey and Reenie were up on their feet standing towards the crowd yelling at them.
As they were yelling, Seto crossed his arms and thought to himself, " What is Serena doing? I know she duels better than this. Better than Yugi himself. She's acting like she's just playing the game for the first time!"
Rebecca was speechless. One of her idols was losing!
Yami Marik attacked again and Serena lost more life points. Now they were down to her final 1000.
Serena ordered for Jinzo to attack but he immediately got destroyed by one of Marik's traps which caused her 300 life points and another piece of her memory. This time it was about all the people she met, her family, Reenie, Chibi, Duke, Mai, the Istars Tristan, Yami, the outer scouts, the inner scouts, Serenity, Tea. Everyone.
Serena held her head in pain again as if that mind erasing thing was actually bouncing her brain up and down.
"Serena!!!!" yelled Yami as his voice echoed in her head.
She turned and looked at him with a confused look. "Do I know you?"
Yami gasped.
Now...all that was left in Serena's mind...was...well, Joey. What'll happen?