Tea looked in at her cards carefully, and then back to Yugi. "I can't do it Geno!"

Geno sat upon his great chair, and stroked his chin. "And tell me Tea, why not?"

"I'll kill him!"

She spoke the truth. Geno had somehow arranged during the night to take Yugi, minus his puzzle, to an arena, and held him there, forcing him to duel Tea. Yugi had not had a break, and was down to a single lifepoints, and Tea had a DarkFire Soldier #2 on the field. Yugi was on his knees, breathing hard, his face burnt from the repeated attacks.

"Some must die if we are to live. End it."

Tea shook her head. "I won't!"

Geno arose and stood next to her, and seemed to be taller beyond compare, and he radiated with a deep inner light. Tea trembled, for she felt in that moment like she was facing a Greek God, and in some aspects she was, for above Geno there appeared his 3 cards. He pulled out his dagger, and it seemed to shift and grow, becoming a flaming sword.

"End this match!" He bellowed, speaking with a thousand voices. Tea fell to her knees, covering her ears.

"I won't! I won't kill my friend!"

Something flashed in front of her eyes, and she looked around rapidly. The arena was gone, and they now were in a living room of sorts. Geno knelt beside her, and put a hand on her shoulder.

"You did well."

She looked at him carefully, and was relived that he was normal again. "What.what happened?"

"Your first lesson." He pulled out his dagger. "I'm afraid I had to tamper with your mind slightly, but all that just happened was my making."

"So Yugi is ok?"

"Yes."

Tea nodded, then looked at Geno, puzzled. "Why did you do that, then say I did well? I didn't attack."

"Exactly. It is one thing to duel, it is another to kill. I taught you that today. Now, you have seen how far one duelist can go, and know now the limits of your power before it become deadly."

Tea smiled. "So that is where Seto learned it from?"

Geno laughed. "If you are referring to the ledge incident, I never thought of that. He merely took my lessons and used them." HE shook his head. "And Yugi passed. He is a true duelist, that one. Only those that can sacrifice a win to save someone are true duelists. Seto did it, Yugi did it, Raia did it."

"When did Raia do it?" Tea asked. "And you?"

"Raia sacrificed a duel to save her brothers. I set up a fake duel like this, with her brother Seto. She sacrificed the win to save him." He then paused, thinking. "And I, strangely enough, gave up a win to allow another the glory."

"Huh?"

"One time, me and Mokuba were dueling Raia and Seto. The two of them had been brainwashed by the dark spirit of the ring, and were out to kill Mokuba. I sacrificed my monsters, and most of my life points to allow Mokuba to summon the BEWD and save his siblings."

Tea nodded. "Uh..where are we?"

Geno chucked. "We're in Flint Michigan, in my main apartment. I hope you don't mind, my Mansion up in Mackinaw is being repainted, and I didn't think we needed to go to New York or LA."

Tea raised an eyebrow. "A billionaire living in Flint?"

"Hey! Not everything that fat idiot Michael Moore says is true! This is a great place to live, if you have the cash." He rolled onto his back, and then flipped to a standing position, helping Tea to her feet.

"Now, how about we take the rest of the day off? We'll do what you want."

Tea smiled. "I want to finish making my deck!"

Geno rolled his eyes. "And to think I was worried about your dedication. Fine, but I think we need to go shopping to get the cards." He walked around her. "Besides, you need a new look. That outfit may fly in Japan, but we're in the USA baby, and you need to be stylin'!"

Tea shook her head. "Fine, fine! And you can show we why Flint is such a great place."

Tea ran to get her coat, and Geno picked up his cellphone, and hit speed dial.

"Yea..yea I want you two to come tomorrow. I want you to meet my new student...actually, it is someone you know...no, I will not tell you..just put the game controller down and come here tomorrow, around 2. See ya then bro, a'ight, I got to go...peace."