The Final Duel

Disclaimer : I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! Never have, never will.

Rating : PG-13

Summary : During the battle city finals, a rather unexpected event occurs.
. .Mai/Malik R/R!

Couples : Mai/Malik, Yugi/Anzu, Honda/Serenity

Warning : I WILL NEVER READ AN ANZU/MALIK FANFIC!! Don't ask me to read
yours story if it is Anzu/Malik. Arigato.

Note : Don't flame me

~*~ Chapter 3 ~*~

~*~The Second Duel~*~

Malik's POV

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Last Time on The Final Duel

I then turned and saw. . .BAKURA! He was glaring, again, at me. "She found out, like I said. And. . ." He started walking away. ". . .she's got the hots for you. . ."

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I looked to the duelist selector with displeasure. I quickly glanced over to Mai. Apparently she had been looking at me the whole time. I weakly smiled to her, before receiving a glare from Bakura. 'WHY ARE YOU ALWAYS GLARING AT ME?!' Bakura took a step back in shock. 'What the hell was that about?' I lightly glared. 'You've been glaring at me ever since yesterday!' He looked away, not wanting to answer me.

"The next duelists will be. . .Yugi Motou and Malik Ishtar! (Odeon)" I lightly looked to Yugi with a burst of hatred. 'Odeon shall not fail me.'

"Hey, Ma-Namu." I turned around to see Mai. "Oh. Hey Mai." I then looked lightly over to Odeon. 'Don't you fail me, Odeon!' He looked to me and nodded. I then returned my attention to Mai. "Care to go watch?" She nodded and grabbed my arm.

Joey, in the mean time, has been throwing me a look of pure hatred and distaste. Like Bakura. "Namu?" I had spaced out. Mai smiled to me, and pulled me up the stairs to the dueling arena.

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"You can do it Yugi!" Joey, the idiot, was cheering like a cheerleader. Something I truly despise. "Namu, come on. Let's go stand over here." Mai, once more, had dragged me over to where Kaiba and Mokuba were standing. Kaiba glanced over to us. "What are you doing here?" Mai smiled. "Getting a better view." Kaiba looked away, despising the fact he had to stand by us.

"BEGIN DUEL!"

Yugi and Odeon both flipped out their hand. Odeon was first. 'Odeon!' He looked over to me. 'Yes, master Malik?' I smirked. 'Do not fail me.' He nodded, then played a card in defense mode. Yugi played his Celtic Guardian and attacked in a sudden rush. Odeon's monster was toast. I grimaced as the monster was destroyed. 'Odeon! You can do much better than that!'

Mai nudged me with her elbow trying to get my attention. She lightly pointed over to Joey who was sending us a glare. (You know you saw it coming) I frowned lightly, but turned back to the duel only to see Odeon loose 1000 life points. I sighed. This wasn't going well at all. 'Summon The Winged Dragon of Ra as soon as you can!' Odeon hesitated before nodding. I then glanced back over to Joey. "Namu. . ." I looked to her. "You don't think Joey knows, does he?" I shook my head before looking at Kaiba. He was watching Odeon, well, me as he thought, duel.

I turned back to the duel to see the Dark Magician, Dark Magician Girl, and another 1000 points gone form Odeon. Odeon was loosing. I couldn't take this kind of action from him. 'ODEON! LISTEN TO ME! PLAY THE WINGED DRAGON OF RA!!' Odeon did what he was told. He summon Ra, but a strong aura came from my deck. 'What is wrong with my card? It is like my card is upset that Odeon played a counterfeit card of him.'

Ra came from the sky and struck Odeon and Yugi. 'ODEON!' I looked up the arena, but was pulled back by something inside. Yugi got up, but Odeon did not. Odeon lost.

I watched as Yugi won the duel. Odeon had failed me. Something burned within, burning as hot as flames. I couldn't keep this anger back. I had to let it go. I stepped back to the side of the area and leaned against the railing, holding my head from a burning and searing pain.

Bakura had noticed something was wrong, and dragged Mai away from me. The problem was, Odeon was the only one that kept me from leaving this world, fading into eternal darkness. Now he had failed and been hurt, he couldn't help me anymore.

I slipped, the light slowly fading from my vision. 'Odeon! Odeon!' A young voice screamed in my head as many flashbacks came back to me. Then, the light was gone. . .

~ Bakura's POV ~

I looked over to what Malik had become. Mai was still in my arms, though I didn't want her there. I let her go and walked lightly over to Malik. His head slowly emerged. He had longer, spikier hair, the symbol of the Egyptian Eye glowing on his forehead. 'What the hell?' Mai looked to Malik, her eyes in terror. "Malik?" She muttered lightly, slightly broken.

~ Yami Malik's POV ~

Bakura glared at the new me. I could easily see he wasn't impressed and was annoyed that I had let such a thing happen. I laughed. Then looked over to the fools staring at me. "I'm not you're little friend Malik anymore. I'm much worse." Joey gapped. "You mean to tell me that Namu was really Malik?!" He looked over to Mai, but Mai was in too worse of a condition to realize what Joey was doing. She had lost her Malik.

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A/N : Whoot! POV's all over the place! *rides on the Yami Malik POV into the next chapter* *Gets thrown off half way* . . . Stupid horse. . .

Next Time on The Final Duel

"MALIK NO!!!"

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I fell to my knees in loss. "Why?" I asked myself. Before I knew it, I was gone to the shadow realm. (DUN DUN DUUUNNNNNN!!!)