A/N- Hey, guys! Just so ya know, I think I did good on my Biology Gateway, my Geometry Final, and my Keyboarding Exam. The only one I'm not sure about is Spanish. I was completely lost on the whole first page of the test, since it was over the vocab we just started two days prior to the test. I studied it, but it just didn't stick so that was a whole lot of guess work. That's just for those of you that care, or bother to read my random a/n's.

NOTE: This chap is going to be different than I'd originally intended for it to be. At first Yami & Shadi were going to have a MAZE DUEL or something with things popping out at them, but I decided I was tired of researching Duel Monster cards and stuff & that isn't a real Shadow Duel anyway, so I came up with something else. It took me the better part of three hours to figure it out, but that's ok. It is still going to be a maze actually, but different than I had before. I'm still not sure how this is going to turn out so please bare with me. Sorry if it's short as well.

Thanks be to everyone that reviewed yet again!!! You guys are the absolute greatest!!!! *Passes out batches of everyone's favorite cookies to them* Why? Because I'm out of school and I'm so happy!!!!

Subieko: How are they going to get out? Good question. You'll find out in due time...hehe. *thinks back to evil inspiration* Hehe! Oh, you really liked it? Thanks!! -^_^- That just made my day!! That and I noticed you updated which I'm going to read after I finish updating everything.

digigirl-izumi: You've got too many "I"s in your name!! Hehehehehehehehehe!!! Ahh, yeah, isn't that ironic how much alike we are. HEHEHE!! She's updating by the way! HEHEHEHEHEHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Stuff 2 pop out!!! GLOGGY!! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA!!! That was a good one!!! *snort* a foam noddle scary? *snickerfit*

hobbit13: 6 doors instead of 5 O.O NOOO!! I don't think I could last!!! I'm glad about figuring out the ending too, but I don't think you'll stay happy once you find out what it is. *snickerfit* *runs*

It'sHardToBelieve: HEHEHEHEHEHE!!! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! To true!!! But they get a clue next chapter. :)

Nightlight5: Oooh!! It looks like you're in trouble. Don't worry I'm still your friend and I don't care if you call me an idiot or crazy cuz ever1 else does! HEHE! Here it is!

Una: Yup!! And thanks for that too! That's ok, like I said before (I think I did) you got me extra credit. I have a couple sayings of my own like: Cualquier cosa sirve (Whatever works) & Tu vas con que tu tener (You go with what you got)! Hehehehe!!! You'll be able to see here if he can help or not! MWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Sorceress Vanessa: I'm glad you liked it!!! WOW!! A Christmas present!!! YAYness!! Of course you're my friend!! Wow, you sure have a way with yamis don't you? YAY!! Thankieness!!! Lata!

Hazel-Beka: *pant pant* tell me about it...I had to sit here forever writing it! WHAT?!! You can evil laugh?! No fair!! Mommy!!! *sucks thumb* HAHA, just kidding. Lol YES!! YOU KILLED KAIBA!!! GO YOU!!! Hey, I did read it!! Thanks for letting me know!!

jin: ^_^ Here you go! *gives you a burger*

Sword Master Jeff: Thanks!!! Um...we're both 16, we like YGO, same grade, I like your rabbit's foot thing...I've heard that before & the one about fishing, and we both like video games!!

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Chapter 12- The Duel for the Last Items

(Will Shadi win and put a stop to Selina's madness or will he, too, fall victim to the power hungry, revenge ridden girl?)

Tristan and Tea walked into their first class at the start of school bickering over what they thought might be wrong with Yugi. Meanwhile, Joey was sitting on his desk looking at a newspaper. He sighed as they walked in.

Tea and Tristan were amazed and said so, "Joey, since when do you read the newspaper?"

"Since Yugi started acting differently," he replied sorrowfully. "Listen to this guys. You know that dude Marik at Battle City?"

"Of course, he's not that easy to forget! Especially when he took over your mind and made you duel Yugi to the death! That was scary!"

"Yeah, I know, but it seemed that someone got to him last night. Some old guy or whatever found him and called the cops. When they tried to question him it seemed that he couldn't remember anything that happened. It has a picture of him in here and there's something missing from it."

"What's that, Joey?"

"He doesn't have his Millennium Rod with him anymore."

Tea gasp, "It's just like Ryou!"

"Exactly."

"So Yugi got to him. I bet he probably banished the evil Marik to the Shadow Realm, just like he did to Ryou. It left Malik and then he must have erased his memory after that."

"That's what I'm thinking too. This is really not good, guys. There's got to be a reason for all of this, but I'm just not seeing it. There's got to be something we're missing. Why would he want all the Millennium Items in the first place anyway?"

Tristan opened his mouth to speak, but just then Kerri came in and he shut it. They did not want her to be any more involved in this than she already was. Especially since she always got so scared and devastated whenever she saw or heard about Yugi doing stuff like this.

She came in, walked over to the group, and asked what was going on.

"Oh, nothing much, we were just talking about current events."

"Oh, cool. What kind of current events?"

"Um...like the new duel monster's tournament in America," Joey lied lamely.

"Yeah, um...we were just talking about some of the new cards they had over there. Weren't we Tea?" Tristan nudged he in the ribs with his elbow and she quickly cut in.

"Wha...oh, yeah, that's it."

"That's nice." Kerri went and sat down in her seat.

'Those dekisokonai (good for nothing) mortals, they can't fool me. They are getting too suspicious for their own good. I'd erase their memories again, but it doesn't really matter at this point. I only have two more Millennium Items to go before I'm done and that should be taken care of today if the Millennium Necklace was right. Then it will be too late and I will become unstoppable. MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!'

"Wheeew!" Tristan said wiping his brow. "That was really close! Good cover up, Joey, I think she believed us," he whispered to them. He was about to restart the conversation that they had had previously, but the said person walked in at that moment which prevented further commenting.

Yami smirked as he sat down in his usual seat, receiving a growl from Joey in return before the teacher came in and began the lesson.

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The bell had rung signaling the end of all classes for the day and Yami was walking down a darkened alley and was being closely followed. It did not really matter to him though. Besides what business was it of his if his master decided she wanted to tag along after him anyway?

He did know why actually and he was hoping to find it soon too.

He was ready when something circular was pressed into the back of his head. He quickly turned around and grabbed the arm holding the circular object. He twisted the arm until the object was dropped.

"We meet once again, Shadi. What a pleasant surprise, wouldn't you say?"

"What is the matter with you, my Pharaoh? You are not yourself. I merely seek to help you."

"Oh, is that all you seek to do?" Yami replied in a mocking tone. "Well, you can help me, by playing a game with me. A Shadow Game in fact. I know that you wish for me to return the other Millennium Items to their holders, but you must beat me in order for that to happen. So my request is that if I win you will give me your Millennium Scales and Key. This game will be played on the landscape of my mind, do you accept?"

Shadi thought for a moment, 'I need to get those items back and if we are playing in his mind I may be able to find a reason behind this madness, but if I lose he will possess all the items. He is after all the Chosen One. He is meant to have all of the items so he should have no trouble beating me. But I'm the only hope for the world! I must defeat him in this Shadow Duel!'

"I accept your challenge, my Pharaoh."

"Excellent. I will transport us to our dueling location."

Shadi hoped to see the hallway where the doors to both rooms were visible, just to check and make sure no one else was involved in this, but it seemed that Yami knew about this and just completely bypassed it, taking them into the labyrinth that was his mind.

"We've played many a game in here, have we not, my old friend? Several times you have gone searching for my true room in here, but not once have you found it. Perhaps today will be your lucky day! You already know the rules. If you manage to find my true room you will win and all the Millennium Items except my Millennium Puzzle and Necklace will be granted you so you can return them to their proper holders. But if you fail to find my true room I will be the victor and I shall possess your Millennium Items. And since you know this place so well, we must set a time limit. It is only fair, don't you think?"

Yami did not give Shadi any time to reply, however, as he said these last words before disappearing. "You know the rules, you have a time limit of one hour, I'll be in my true room waiting for you."

"Game Start," an invisible wind seemed to whisper to the Egyptian. Shadi shook his head, what had he gotten himself into?

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(a/n- I'm not going to go into too much detail here, which is why it's going to be so short compared to all my other ones, but we're already at 3 pages so it won't be that short cause I still have a lot to cover.)

Shadi was running now, he only had a few minutes left and he had tried numerous doors already, not bothering to open the ones that he had tried before, but even that did not seem to matter. It was almost as if all the doors had somehow rearranged themselves or gotten more complex. Either the Pharaoh had more mysteries to solve in his own mind, more secrets to hide, or he, Shadi, was just imagining things.

He tried another door that was to his right. He knew now not to step into a doorway BEFORE the trap was activated although some of them would not be triggered until you walked in. Which those were the hardest to worm your way out of, but the ones that were triggered when the door opened were much easier to deal with.

It looked like this was one of those rooms with a door-triggered trap. He quickly shut the door. He knew that Yami's true room would be the only one without any traps in it at all, because the game king himself would be in it.

Shadi ran down another hallway and opened the nearest door. It looked like he was going to have to see about this room the hard way. This was either the true room or a non-door-triggered-trap room. He stepped in cautiously, ready at any moment to fling himself backwards towards the door.

For all his caution, he did not notice that the floor was rigged with hundreds of buttons. He was too busy peering into the darkness that he did not look down at where his feet were going. He stepped on one of the buttons and heard it click.

He glanced down and inwardly groaned. He quickly went diving towards the door, just as hundreds upon thousands of poison tipped arrows flew in his direction. He quickly shut the door behind him and threw himself away from it, just as one of the arrows' point came through the door at the exact point that his head had been a moment before. He looked at it and saw the poison dripping down the door as more arrow points pierced the wooden door.

Shadi quickly picked himself up, he had merely seconds left now and he was desperate. He needed to find the true room and fast. Another door, he quickly opened it. 'No trap yet...so far so good' he thought. He stepped inside and the ground caved way beneath him. He desperately grabbed a hold of one of the bricks that was still attached to the rest of the floor. He was about to pull himself back up when something below him caught his eye.

It seemed that there was another room below him, instead of the never ending darkness of a trap. He looked into it more closely and saw seated in a golden throne, Yami. He let go of the brick and dropped into the room landing on his feet.

Yami sat, unmoving on his throne, his eyes closed, arms and legs crossed, just sitting there waiting for him. He approached the ancient pharaoh.

"I have found your true room, my Pharaoh, now it is time to hand over the Millennium Items that you took from Bakura and Ryou, and Marik and Malik."

"You are correct," Yami told him calmly, still not opening his eyes, "you have finally come to my true room. There is of course one thing you have forgotten."

Panic flared up in Shadi, but his face or body language did not betray his feelings to the teenage ruler. "And what is that, my Pharaoh?"

"You failed to come into my room in specified time limit we agreed upon. If you had not taken hold of that brick and just dropped in here, you would have made it within the time limit of an hour, but alas you did not. So you LOSE!"

Yami finally opened his crimson orbs that seemed to glow with a fierce inner fire.

"No, no, NO! This cannot be happening! You cannot do this, my Pharaoh! You must overcome this evil that has tainted your heart!! Fight it!! I know you can!"

"It is time for you to give me your Millennium Scales and Key then be banished to the Shadow Realm forever!"

Shadi could not bring himself to give up his precious items to his king in this manner. Had Yami been in his normal state and of sound mind things might be different, but it just could not end like this!

"If you do not give me those items I will simply have to take them from you. You know I can and will, so why don't you spare yourself from that and just hand them over, I will claim them in the end anyways."

"NO!! PHARAOH!!! You must fight whatever it is that has come over you!!! Please!" There was such a desperation in his voice that had never been there before.

"Fine, you leave me with not choice, but to rid you of your items. MIND CRUSH!!"

Shadi, disappeared from Yami's mind and the Millennium Scales fell to the floor with a clank as well as the Millennium Key. Yami returned to himself to see Shadi sprawled out on the ground. His body was still alive, but his soul was gone...gone to the Shadows.

He turned around to find his master standing there, Millennium Bracelet glowing.

"Good work, my servant, now hand over the rest of the Millennium Items."

"Yes, Selina-sama," Yami said tonelessly as he handed her the two items he had just won as well as the Millennium Necklace and...the Millennium Puzzle.

"Good, now why don't you go get your friends and tell them to come find me in the old warehouse district, while I go get everything ready?"

"Yes, Selina-sama," Yami replied in the same toneless voice before walking off to find the others.

A/N- Ok, I'm seriously scaring myself here! I'm serious!!! I've gone all clammy and stuff and I've got the shivers!!! That hasn't happened since I wrote that sacrifice chapter for The Black Crystal Sacrifice!!! This is seriously getting out of hand don't you think? What's going to happen now? Selina has all the Millennium Items, what exactly does that mean? Only two chapters left till it's all over. Maybe I'll do a sequel. It depends on if you want me to and if I can come up with anything. I want to, but I just need an idea.

Well, you all know what to do! Ja ne!