"The duel continues with the sweet evil hearted Jessica against the brave and unimaginable Daniel against the powerful gods!" The host yelled into his mic. No one except for the people who knew about the Millennium Items knew that the Shadow Realm was taking place they all think it's just the fog from Demon's Tranquility.

"Now that I have my god card out I can now attack you head on!" Jess said. "I now activate the power of my God Card, God of Necrofear!".

Suddenly 4 spots on the monster field were shining and each one, a monster filled the space. Dark Necrofear, Ghost Duke, Jurugen Life, and Dark God Ha Des. "You mean I spent all that time trying to defeat them and they all come back just like that..." Daniel said looking down. Suddenly his hopes all fell down.

"Hey Daniel!" Enya yelled from afar. "When did you ever give up to an enemy! Mink told me the first duel between you and Jess. You never gave up! you kept going and you defeated her!" She yelled.

Daniel looked over at her. "She doesn't know what it's like to be stood down by a bunch of strong beings" He said. Somehow Mink, Allen, and Enya heard it. "Remember when you freed Minako from Pegasus!" Allen yelled. "You beat him and got back my Millennium Eye! and I was very thankful for that!". Then Mink stood up. "Then in the virtual world you save Enya and Brady from Malik! You aided me when i really needed the help!" She yelled.

Daniel looked over to them. "I've done them all good things... they're my friends. Now it's Jess' turn" Daniel said to himself as he stood up. "Your monsters can't put me down!" He yelled at her.

"We'll see! now my hoard of Demons! attack his Life Points all directly and make me the winner!" Jess demanded. The demons jumped into the air and slashed at Daniel but then a barrier threw them off and back to their spots. "What!" Jess said as a glowing light risen up in the darkness.

"I activated my trap card, Life Protection. It keeps me free from any direct attacks for three turns, and in those three turns I'll bring Jess back and put an end to you" Daniel said. "No you won't I have the monsters to win!" Jess threatened.

"Now it's my turn!" Daniel said as he drew his card. "I'll place a monster face down defense and place a card face down. Now I'll have Pyramid attack your Dark Ruler Ha Des which will win me this duel!". The Pyramid shot it's blast beam at the demon but the beam went right through.

Jess laughed at his stupidity. "You fool! When God of Necrofear summons a monster from the graveyard they become spirits with no body and will to destroy!" Jess laughed.

"Then I'll have to get rid of them in a different way!" Daniel said ending his turn. "Fine with me I draw!" Jess yelled.

"Yeah!" Jess said. "I now activate the Field Card, Monster Dome! which allows me to add monsters in my Magic and Trap card zone. But since I have no other monsters I'll add this card, Spiritualistic Medium which allows me to discard any number of cards from my hand to the graveyard and add 500 points for each card to one monster and I direct it to the God!"

Suddenly spirits started flying everywhere and fusing into God of Necrofear adding 2500 more attack points into it making it a total of 6500.

"And now I can add three more monster on the field and I summon Summoned Skull (2500/1200), Daggen Drone (1550/300), and Ryu-Kishin Powered (1600/1200)" Jess announced.

Jess then ended her turn. Volstargaf's attack points to 3000 but it was useless. "Wait.. the god card... it's been there all along! If I destroy it then I can win the duel!" Daniel thought.

"Dark God Pyramid! attack God of Necrofear!" Daniel ordered. The pyramid shot it's blast at God of Necrofear. Another pound of smoke clear but then the spirits had guarded the god.

"You'll have to take out my Spirits before you can attack and I'm guessing this is your last turn for that Life Protection!" Jess said laughing. The barrier around Daniel faded.

"Your open for a direct assault!" Jess said pointing her hand out. "Now! Spirits attack his life points directly and send him to the Semi-Finals!". As the spirits ganged up on Daniel he activated his trap. Suddenly a light burst exploded and the spirits went flying into the sky, disappearing. "What's going on!" Jess said as the light shocked her.

"I activated my trap card, Freed Light! any monster special summoned is removed from play! that includes your spirit monsters!" Daniel yelled. "And now for the final assault! Pyramid God! attack Her God of Necrofear and allow me to free her from this evil!".

Once again the Pyramid opened it's eye and shot a light blast at Jess which shook the whole stadium and smoke flew everywhere to where Jess stood. Her life point counter turned to 0 and the arena floated down.

Once the arena was down everyone and Daniel ran over to where Jess was standing and helped her up. "What happened?" She asked weary. "You're down into the Semi-Finals but Daniel here freed you from the evil spirit" Mink replied.

"Oh, is that good?" She asked. "Ummmm sure" Allen replied laughing. They sat her down at the bench.

"Ummm we'll take a 30 minute break for those who don't know the time is 6:45 and it's starting to get dark out!" The host yelled.

"Man, it's getting dark, is that a good or bad thing..." Enya said looking up at the sky. "Well it'll be more spooky and fun" Mink said as she lurked out of the lounge area.

"man, 30 minutes of dueling, sounds tough" Allen said as he reached for a hot dog. "Yeah well it was not that ok. I mean it's tiring just standing there and thinking the whole time but it's worth it when you win." Daniel replied.

"That Malik hasn't dueled yet, I'm eager to see what he has up his sleeve" Allen said randomly. "Hey you haven't dueled either, you're next to fight him" Daniel said. " becareful I've heard what he did 20 years ago it's was terrible"

"Ok now I know for sure that's going to happen. We've all seen what this dude can do he can do worse than Jess and... what if he targets me and actually hurts me..." Allen said worried. "I won't let him" Daniel replied. "I'll do anything I can, I hope"

As the duelist entered the stadium Malik met up with Allen, Daniel, and Mink. "I'll be seeing one of you guys up there" He said smirking at them.

They all gave him a mean look. "I'll see you weeping in the number 8 block with just a piece of paper that says 'Loser!' on it!" Allen said as he started quickening his pace.

Malik didn't like the comment at all so he stopped. "We'll see who becomes champion after I defeat you all with my unstoppable God Card" He yelled.

The three of them suddenly stopped. "Where'd he get a god card" Mink said in her head. "Where'd you get it..." Daniel asked.

"Jess might know, My sister, Isis. She let me borrow it for the tourney" Malik replied smiling deviously. "Screw it I'll find out when you actually duel!" Allen said heading to the end of the hall. The other three followed.

"Now welcome to the fourth round of the Greatest Duelist of The World! Now if you've just got here here's the story. Round 1 was with Paul and Stagg, Paul won. Round 2 was with Enya and Mink, Enya won. Round 3 was with Jess and Daniel, Daniel won. Now is the final round for the Finals. Now after this round we'll go right up tot he Semi-Finals where the people who lost in the first rounds will duel for the title of Runner up For The Worlds Strongest Duelists" The Host yelled into the microphone. "Now the two remaining duelist, Allen and Malik please report to the dueling field and prepare to duel!"

Allen walked to the triangle to where he was needed and so did Malik. Then the arena floated up. Allen was nervous for this duel. He doesn't know yet what Malik plans on doing.

As soon as he Life Point counter charged to 5000. Malik made his move. "Before we start... I want to notify you of something. See these on my arms?" Malik said as he shined his golden gauntlets in the sun. "These are not Millennium Items but something called The Gauntlets of The Shadows. These allow me to summon up the shadow realm into any duel. I plan on bringing the shadow realm and to make matters worse, I'll put up a little strategy"

Suddenly the Gauntlets shined in the sun again but this time the shine was black and a black fog covered the arena. "No... I knew it the shadow realm" Allen said looking around. "No on else can see this fog, only you and I and those others over there" Malik said pointing to the group. "Now as you lose life points a piece of your platform will break. We are exactly 100 feet in the air, enough to cause brain damage and other serious life threatening disasters."

"You're planning on killing me!" Allen said. "It's my only way to getting back my Millennium Rod" Malik snapped looking at Mink. "I swore terrible things over her friends and look who you turned out to be. As long as I have these Gauntlets the games are my rules. Even though the platform will be breaking away as soon as you fall to everyone elese they'll think it was an accident"

"Uhhh let's get this duel started duelists!" The host implied. "You know what that means, let's get started" Malik said as he drew his 5 cards. Allen drew his six. "Yeah Guilford The Lightning." Allen said in his mind. "I'm in total control, I just wish I had the Millennium Eye to guide me"

"Start!" Malik yelled. "Right, I'll place 2 cards face down and summon Beaver Warrior into attack mode! (1200/1500) then end my turn!" Allen declared. "Finally, I'll summon Bio Mage into attack mode (1150/1200). Then set 2 cards face down and end my turn" Malik announced.

"A weak monster... maybe he's just trying to lure me into a trap" Allen thought. "Now I'll activate this magic card, Sword of The Forgotten Realm to raise my monster's attack by 600 making it 1800! Now Beaver Warrior attack Bio Mage!"

The warrior jumped into the air and slashed at the mage, destroying it and leaving Malik with 4350 life points. Malik didn't even care he lost a monster. Allen guess he was trying to get rid of his weak monsters, but losing life points like that... he must be joking.

"Now it's my turn" Malik said as he drew his card. "Now I summon Millennium Fragment to the field in attack mode (1600/2000) and end my turn" Malik announced.

Allen drew his card. "yeah a Rogue Warrior" Allen said. "I now sacrifice my Beaver Warrior to summon my Rogue Warrior! (2300/200). Then I end my turn"

Malik smiled. "Right into my trap" Malik said evilly. Allen's heart skipped a beat. "Now I discard one card from my hand to activate my Millennium Fragment's special ability!". Suddenly the dust that was the Millennium Fragment floated over to the warrior and sprinkled it self on him.

Right then the attack and defenses of the two monsters switched. "Now my monster has 2300 attack and 200 defense and yours is the other way around!" Malik said. "Millennium Fragments! attack his Rogue Warrior!"

Now the dust started getting bigger and then sharp gold rocks sliced the warrior up destroying it and leaving Allen with 4300 Life Points. As Allen's foot hit the edge a slight piece fell off and to the ground. Allen quickly moved away as the spot disappeared. "God he isn't kidding" Allen said looking down. "Take your move" Malik said.

"Alright, I'll place 1 card face down and summon Titanium Armour into defense mode (0/2300) then I'll end my turn!" Allen declared.

"Then I'll draw, and play The Millennium Spear into attack mode (1450/1800) and end my turn" Malik announced crossing his arms.

"Wow this duel is going really slow and boring" Allen thought looking up. He drew his card. "Hmm, Polymerization. Yeah I know..."

"This duel is getting boring" Mink said yawning. "Well it's not and ordinary picnic" Enya replied.

"Now I'll summon Stallion to the field and play the magic card, Polymerization! and I'll fuse Stallion with Titanium Armor to create Titanium Pegasus! (2500/1600)" Allen announced.

Malik just smiled evilly. "Now it's my turn. I'll discard the card I drew to activate Millennium Fragment's special ability!" Malik declared. Once again the Millennium Fragments dusted the Pegasus up and switched attack and defense. "Now! Millennium Fragments attack his Titanium Pegasus!" Malik announced.

"Here's the pay back for that trap!" Allen yelled. "Activate face down card, Magic Arm Shield!". Suddenly a shield appeared and the sides opened up and out popped an arm. it extended and grabbed the Millennium Spear and put it in the direction the Millennium Fragments was attacking instead the fragments attacked the spear instead of the horse and causing Malik to reduce him to 3300 life points. Allen was now at 4300 and currently in the lead.

Allen feared Malik had much worse power coming up. "Now that you end your battle phase I now can take the lead!" Malik announced. "I summon Revival Jam to the field! (1500/500)"

"I remember this card from one of Malik's rare hunters..." Allen said as the little slime swished around. "And now I sacrifice a card from my hand to switch attack and defense with my Millennium Fragments!" Malik announced. The dust came in and mixed into the slime which now Revival Slime was at 2500/1600.

"Wow that was a good move, not only did he switch attacks but Revival Jam is stronger and nothing can stop it" Daniel said as he watched the battle.

"Now Revival Jam attack his Titanium Pegasus!" Malik announced. The slime shot it self at the Pegasus breaking it into pieces and depleting Allen's life points to 4100. "Now Millennium Fragments attack his life points directly!" He yelled.

"I activate my trap card, Enchanted Javelin to keep me from any damage!" Allen announced as the dust shot it's jagged rocks but the Javelin created a barrier which kept him safe.

Allen noticed a bigger piece broke away on his platform from the attack of Revival Jam. "Now it's my turn! and I draw!" Allen said taking the card from the top of his deck. "And now, I'll summon this monster, Warrior of Freed into attack mode! (1200/300). Now to make things worse for you I'll activate the special effect allowing me to summon a Warrior type monster from my hand and I summon Rocket Warrior(1500/1300) into attack mode!."

"Rocket Warrior, that's a good card" Mink said looking closely. "Yeah, I've heard what it could do, Maybe Allen could really win" Enya said. "What gave you any doubt?!" Daniel yelled at Enya.

"And now in my battle phase I'll activate Rocket Warrior's special ability, Now Rocket Warrior go into invincible mode!" Allen declared. Suddenly Rocket Warrior's arms, head, and legs, were folded inside it's body and it was into a shape of a rocket. It then launched it self at Revival Jam and going right through it and reducing it's attack points by 500. "How was that suppose to help!" Malik yelled as he thrashed his arm to his side.

"I had an idea" Allen replied smiling. "Well by that kind of idea you'll never win!" Malik insulted. "With this I can!" Allen said flipping his face down card over. "The Magic card, Warrior's Oath!"

Suddenly Rocket Warrior and Warrior of Freed's attack points increased by 800. "Now my monsters are strong enough to defeat yours! Rocket Warrior attack his Millennium Fragments!" He announced. Rocket Warrior jumped at the dust and swiped it with his sword and it disappeared. Malik's life points went down to 2500. Allen then ended his turn.

Malik drew his card. "Alright, I'll place one card face down and have Revival Jam attack Warrior of Freed!" Malik announced. That was his smart move. Revival Jam bashed into the warrior but they had equal attack strength and were both destroyed. But Malik's Revival Jam just revived it self.

The score was Malik: 2500 and Allen: 4100. "And now I'll set one card face down in defense, then place Revival Jam in defense mode, end my turn" Malik announced.

"I draw" Allen said. "I'll set this card face down and have Rocket Warrior go into invincible mode!". The warrior folded back up into a rocket and shot itself at Revival Jam taking 500 more attack points making it to it's original attack points of 1500.

"Now Rocket Warrior attack his face down card!" Allen announced. The warrior aimed it's sword at the card but then Malik made his move. "I activate my trap card, Jam Defender!" Malik announced. "No not that again" Allen said as the Revival Jam flew infront of Rocket Warrior and being destroyed instead and reviving itself. Allen then ended his turn placing a card in defense mode.

"Now, I'll sacrifice both my monsters for the Millennium Crypt Warrior! (2350/1300)" Malik announced as a golden tomb materialized onto a monster slot. "After this turn you'll be begging at my knee's as my Crypt Warrior destroys all of your life points!" He laughed as the tomb shined in the sun. Malik then ended his turn.

The Crypt Warrior was a little stronger than Rocket Warrior but Allen knew it would get stronger. "Fine I'll draw!" Allen announced. "Holy crap! this is gotta be my lucky day!". Allen looked at his drawn card. It appeared to be God of Osiris.

"I'll set one card face down defense and end my turn!" He said. "Three monsters, 2 for nothing, he's gotta have a god card in his hand" Malik said to himself. "This card should work"

"That look on his face, Allen's got a god card!" Enya said pointing. "Sweet!" Daniel said waiting.

"Now I'll set this card face down and end my turn" Malik announced. As soon as Malik stopped talking he reached for his Duel Promo and turned the card around. "Now I activate the Trap Card, Defense Apocalypse! Now no monsters can be placed into Defense Mode without being destroyed!"

Suddenly two spears flew into the air and struck the two defense monsters destroying Angel of Light and The Star of Light. "Ha! now welcome the ultimate Crypt Warrior!" Malik announced as the seal of the tomb broke open. A hand slid out and pushed the top off and a zombie covered in bandages and holding a rusted sword and shield popped up. "Now I activate it's special effect!" Malik announced.

"what would that be?" Allen asked. "For every monster in my graveyard with the word 'Millennium' in it, my monster gains an extra 100 attack points making it a total of 2650 attack points!" Malik explained.

"Crypt Warrior! attack his Rocket Warrior!" Malik announced. The warrior rose it's sword and ran at the warrior and sliced it with his sword destroying it and leaving Allen with 3750 life points.

"Now for my final move I'll summon Millennium Shackle into attack mode (1450/1800) which will boost up my Crypt Warrior's attack points by 100. Then I end my turn" Malik said as he crossed his arms.

"Heh, you just lead me to a victory!" Allen said laughing. "You stopped me from summoning my god card but that's not all I had that was the best. I now sacrifice Angel of Light, Star of Light, and Warrior of Freed to special summon Guilford The Lightning into attack mode! (2800/1400!)"

Suddenly three rising lights appeared and where the lights crossed over a warrior floated down to the ground. "Meet Guilford the lightning, Now Guilford, use your special ability and destroy all his monsters!" Allen declared. Suddenly lightning flashed then stuck at the 2 monsters destroying them. "Now! Guilford, attack his life points directly!" He said recklessly. Suddenly Revival Jam appeared an took the attack but revived itself.

"You moron! you forgot about my Revival Jam! as long as i have it on the field I can't be attacked directly without Revival Jam taking the attack!" Malik yelled. "Besides this duel is just begun. You haven't even seen what power I behold! As I draw my god card comes closer to me and I'll bring you down!"

Suddenly, in Malik's view the whole place went dark and behind him was a giant beast, a beast known as Sobek, The God of Sobek.