Before anything . . .

SetoKaiba'sFemaleCopy: Thanks for the info, I guess this is kinda AU then.

*The Next Day at Domino High*

"So, Yug, how'd your duel with Kaiba go?" Joey asked.

"I lost in a pretty even match," Yugi answered.

"You lost?! But all those times that you beat Kaiba . . . what happened? Give me a play by play!"

"Um . . . okay," Yugi agreed.

Then the bell rang.

"Just gimme the duel breakdown later. See ya!" Joey said as he ran off to class.

Yugi ran in the opposite direction towards his class.

*After Class*

Yugi put his backpack on the floor and took out his stepladder. He unfolded it and set it up. He climbed it and opened his locker and put in and took out the books he did and didn't need. Then he saw the note.

"Pharaoh,
If you are interested in a rematch, then come again to the Kaiba Mansion at 4:00 PM today.

Good luck (you'll need it),
High Priestess Amaunet"

"Wow, a rematch! This'll be great! I can't wait!" Yugi exclaimed.

'Is it not 3:45, Yugi?' came Yami's thought-voice.

Yugi looked around from atop his step ladder until he found a clock. "Yeah it is! We better get going!"

With that, Yugi ran off towards the Kaiba Mansion, Millennium Puzzle jangling and backpack flying out behind him.

Amazingly, it only took Yugi 10 minutes to get there.

Yugi was greeted at the door by Mokuba. "I guess you're here to see Seto, right, Yugi?" the young boy asked.

"Yeah, I'm here for a duel," was Yugi's response.

"Seto's in the back, waiting for ya. The duel field is set up."

"Okay, thanks, Mokuba." With that, Yugi went off towards the back.

To Yugi's surprise, Kaiba was not there. He looked around for him.

Instead he found a rather good-looking girl of about the same age as the whole Yugioh gang.

"So, is the Pharaoh going to duel me or is he going to use his puppet?" the girl asked.

Yugi (and Yami) recognized that voice. It was the person whom they had dueled for a short time yesterday. Then Yami took over. "Amaunet! I am here! It is time to duel!"

..::Audience: *winces at that horribly over stressed phrase*::..

Yami then proceeded to step onto the dueling platform. 'I will win this time!' Yami thought confidently.

"Once again I shall go first," Amaunet proclaimed. She then drew her cards.

Yami: 4000 LP

Amaunet: 4000 LP

She looked them over with a smirk and placed a monster card on the field. "I play La Jinn the Mystical Genie of the Lamp in Attack Mode and end my turn."

Yami then drew his cards and looked them over, keeping a stoic visage. "I'll play . . . Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer in Attack Position and place one card facedown to end my turn."

Amaunet drew and looked over her cards once again. 'Something to beat the Ghost Destroyer . . . hmmm . . . ah, this will help me some!' Amaunet thought as she played the Pot of Greed. "I play Pot of Greed, which allows me to draw two cards from my deck."

Amaunet drew her cards and looked them over carefully . . . "I play De-Spell to destroy your facedown card!"

"No, my Book of Secret Arts!" Yami exclaimed as he watched the hologram disintegrate before him.

"You won't be using that anytime soon," Amaunet said with a laugh. "Then I play a facedown monster and another facedown card and end my turn. Move wisely Pharaoh."

"I will!" Yami said as he drew his new card. "I play Graceful Charity, which allows me to draw three new cards and discard two," he said as he drew. "I then discard the Dark Magician and Thousand Knives."

"Interesting move indeed, Pharaoh," Amaunet commented.

"Then, I sacrifice my Ghost Destroyer for the Dark Magician Girl, whom has 2300 Attack Points. Go, my Dark Magician Girl, attack his Genie!"

"Not so fast! I activate my trap card, Ring of Destruction! Your Dark Magician Girl is destroyed and we both lose Life Points equal to her Attack Points!"

Yami: 1700 LP

Amaunet: 1700 LP

"No! My Dark Magician Girl!" Yami exclaimed. 'She destroyed my strategy! Now I just need to hope to survive to the next turn and then draw the right card!' "I set one card and end my turn."

Amaunet drew her card with a smirk. "It all ends here, Pharaoh. I play Vorse Raider in Attack Mode. Go, my Monsters, Attack his Life Points directly! Finish him!" Amaunet exclaimed with a somewhat insane grin.

"You think you would win that easily?! I activate Mirror Force! All of your Attack Position Monsters, which is all but one of them, are destroyed!"

"My Monsters!" Amaunet exclaimed, horrified as she watched the two powerful creatures disappear before her.

"I suppose it is my turn," the Pharaoh said as he drew his card. 'Ah, just the card I needed!' Yami thought as he looked at it. "I play the Monster Reborn Card! It allows me to bring a card back from the grave and under my control! I choose the Dark Magician! Go, Dark Magician, attack the facedown monster. Dark Magic Attack!"

Amaunet's horrified look changed quickly to a grin as Yami declared the attack. "You did exactly what I was expecting!" Amaunet said, attempting to hide her excitement.

Yami watched in horror as Amaunet's facedown card's image materialized. "You have attacked the Needle Worm. The top five cards of your deck are now sent to the graveyard!" Amaunet said, regaining her semi-sadistic grin.

Yami then, keeping as calm of an appearance as he could, took the top five cards of his deck in his hand and put them into the graveyard. "You have destroyed Pot of Greed, Raigeki, Magic Cylinder, Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts, and Polymerization." 'Those were essential cards! How can I win now?!' Yami thought as he recited the cards names.

"I suppose it is now my turn," Amaunet said, detecting Yami's slowly evolving panic. She looked over her hand thoughtfully. She had nothing to defeat the Pharaoh, but she could at least stall until she did. "I set this monster card and give the turn to you."

Yami drew his card. 'The Dark Hole Card . . . rather useless at the moment. I cannot and will not sacrifice my Dark Magician to rid myself of his facedown, especially with no monsters in my hand to play!' "Dark Magician, Attack his facedown monster! Dark Magic Attack!"

"Ah, yes, just as I thought. You have attacked my Spirit Reaper. Unfortunately for you it cannot be destroyed in battle. So, you got nothing out of that exchange," Amaunet informed him.

"I suppose it is now your turn, Priestess."

She drew her card. 'Still nothing helpful for this situation!' she thought slightly perturbed. Lucky for her, her Spirit Reaper was still guarding her Life Points. "Your turn, Your Highness."

'Oh, Ra, please give me a card to win!' Yami thought in desperation as he drew. 'The Premature Burial Card! I could play my Dark Hole to destroy his Spirit Reaper and my Dark Magician, and use Premature Burial to get back Dark Magician for a Direct Attack!' Yami thought excitedly.

"I play the Dark Hole Card, destroying all Monsters on the field!" Yami said, hiding his excitement.

Amaunet raised an eyebrow towards the Pharaoh at this move. Destroying his favorite monster? He had to have a plan . . .

"Then I play the Premature Burial Card to bring back my Dark Magician!"

Yami: 900 LP

Amaunet :1700 LP

"Dark Magician, Attack her Life Points directly, Dark Magic Attack!" Yami exclaimed. Then he watched ecstatically as his Dark Magician destroyed the only person who ever had managed to defeat him. (A/N: Do you forget Kaiba, Yami old boy? lol, do not forget Duelist Kingdom now!) "You are a worthy duelist, Priestess. I admit that you are almost on my level."

"Almost, Pharaoh? Do you not recall the outcome of the duel previous to this?"

"I do . . . merely luck, I do suppose."

"Yes . . . luck," Amaunet said, rather unconvinced.