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Chapter #21: The Battle

*~*~*The Battle Field--Elaya's POV*~*~*

Now that Mai has used Skill Drain, there go our effects! On the plus side, now we can all attack her!

"I'll give you one last chance to surrender." Dieen says.

"No" Yami puts plainly.

"Your loss of life." She smiled. "DARKNESS VIEL!" She shot out her usual stream of grey light towards us.

And it was aimed for Seto.

"Good bye Seth! This is the last time you cross me!"

"NO! SETO, GET OUT OF THE WAY!!" I screamed. At the corner of my eye, I see a Pitch Dark Dragon flying above. He lands between Dieen's attack and Seto's body.

Good thing dragons still like their Lord.

Dieen furrowed her brow with frustration. "Give me your Puzzle Yami."

"NO! There is no way he'll give it to you! It's his!" Yugi cried.

"I know about your memories Yami."

Everyone stopped. Did she just say that she knows about his memory loss and knows what really went on?

"Such an odd name for you, 'Yami'....When your real name was Atem..." She smiled.

"How do I know that you're not making this up?" Yami, or Atem, asked.

"Ask Justi......after all, I'm sure she remembers what her husbands name was....right my sister?"

Staring blankly, Justi nodded.

// But Justi! // I exclaimed through our mind link // In your memories, you called him Yami! //

\\ I know Elaya.....Like him, I forgot his name and the names of most of the people in the palace. I called him Yami then because I heard was little Yugi called him and thought that was his name.....but now I remember....Pharaoh Atem--short for Atemu \\

Woah. Mistaken identity.

"Yami! Don't listen to her! She's trying to get to you! I bet that that's all she knows!" Tristan argued from behind me.

"Don't take her seriously Yami!" Yugi chirped, coming beside him.

"Believe me, Atem, I know A LOT more." Dieen replied confidently. "Like how your daddy had the Millennium Eye....."

"NO! DARK MAGIC ATTACK!" Yami cried from frustration. What is he thinking? Doesn't he realize that even without her power boost, Dieen is still 300 ATK points higher than him?

That's when Yugi also launched an attack; doubling their attack strength.

But the look on Dieen's face did not spell out 'defeat'

She was smiling.

I hate it when she does that.

*~*~*Reader's POV*~*~*

"DARK MAGIC ATTACK!" Yami called out. He saw Yugi do the same.

"Mirror Force." Dieen replied with no emotion. In her hand was the actual playing card "Mirror Force" and that meant that their attacks would be rebounded back to them.

"NO! YUGI! LOOK OUT!" Yami cried as the magic they both sent out came back to his light.

Yami pushed Yugi out of the way; but it was he who got the full blast of the hit. Both Yugi's and his dark magic blasted back at him and shattered into a million pieces as it hit him. He fell to the ground in what seemed like slow motion.

"NO! ATEM!" Justi cried, coming beside her fallen husband's side. She buried her head in his chest and sobbed.

"Yami...." Yugi was close to tears as he lay on the floor beside him. Téa came beside Yugi's side and watched over them.

"That's it! No one hurts our friends and gets away with it!" Joey cried. "CHARGE!"

Elaya and Mai flew above them all as the others used their feet. Joey and Mokuba were going to attack together first. Just as Joey was about to swing his sword over his head to make it crash down on Dieen's, she whipped out bottles of sorts.

"Paralyzing Potion!" She cried and threw it them.

"No!" Mai shouted. "That means that since we aren't machine monsters, we can't attack!"

Joey fell to the ground helpless. Mokuba, Elaya and Mai followed suit. Kaiba rushed over to grab his brother and the others.

Dieen smiled. "DARKNESS VIEL!" Téa grabbed Joey in the nick of time to save him. The floor under him wasn't so lucky.

The group retreated. [We could use Magic Jammer....] Téa thought. [But what if something more serious happens?]

"Big Brother! Are you okay?!" Serenity cried.

"Yeah...just in a sticky situation..." Joey replied. Tristan helped Téa move Joey more towards the group for safety. Elaya, Mokuba and Mai came after in Kaiba's hands.

"Atem! Atem! Please wake up!" Justi was shaking his lifeless body to and fro. His eye opened slowly.

"Justi.....believe in the power within your Item....believe in the cards....believe in your heart...." Yami's eyes closed again and he stopped moving.

Justi, filled with rage, stood up and shouted at the top of her lungs. "DIEEN!"

"What is it?" Dieen's grin grew further.

"You have gone too far with this! LET THEM GO NOW!" Justi screeched. "You and I are the perfect match for one another......But, with my friends at my side, our combined attacks are too much for you to handle.....Let the others go...."

"No."

\ Yugi..... \

/ Yami! / Yugi cried in thought looking down at his motionless darker half. [How can he--?]

\ Yugi...My body may be gone but my spirit will always live in you \ He whispered back. \ Use the powers of the Puzzle! Use the powers of the Dark Game.... \

/ But Yami.... /

\ Do it Yugi...I will help you....it's the only way... \

Justi, totally out of character, laughed. "What is it that you want from us?!" She smiled and cried at the same time. "You want to see me? Well, here I am! Take a good look! You want to see Seth at your mercy? Well, he practically is! Being in a weaker monster's body, you can destroy him in a single attack! You want to see the Pharaoh fall? Well, he is not sleeping on the floor over there! Tell me what you want from us! TELL ME!"

Dieen stopped smiling. Instead, she looked at her sister quizzically. "That is what I want."

"Then take a picture, it'll last longer!" Joey shouted, trying to stand with the Paralyzing Potion in place. Of course, Téa had to help him up.

"I want revenge." Dieen continued, ignoring Joey's comment. "It was Seth who told everyone what I did....how I killed that man....it was the Pharaoh who sent me away into the Shadows to make me become what I am. And it was you who I cared for most.....and you told as well...."

Justi's frown disappeared. "What are you saying?"

"What does it matter?"

"Tell me!"

"For once you are listening." Dieen said. "I would still be your sister if it wasn't for the three of you!"

"What?" Justi was confused. [This spirit no longer has my real sister's soul....what is going on?]

"I knew that you did it on purpose....."

"WHAT?!" Elaya screeched. "Justi wouldn't turn on her own flesh and blood! You're wrong!"

"Am I? Or are you the ones who are incorrect?"

Yugi was not paying attention to the current family issues going on in front of him. He still sat beside Yami trying to make sense of his darker half's order. / Yami.....Atem.......How do I do that? How do I unlock the games? /

\ You must search deep inside your heart and the Puzzle and you will find the answers. \

/ But how? /

\ You will search the doors that you and Shadi once did back in Duelist Kingdom and find the door that held the monsters from my past....\

/ Are sure about what you're saying? /

\ I'm positive. Once we unlock the monsters from my Duels, those cards will appear, everyone's decks will be together again, and we can strategize to defeat her with our combined decks. Do you understand now Yugi? \

/ Yeah. I hope you're right...../ Yugi gulped. / Yami, is your body really dead? /

\ Yes. But my real spirit still and always will live inside the Puzzle. You and I will still share our body...Don't worry. \

"If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't be evil! If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't be doing this! THIS IS YOUR ENTIRE FAULT!" Dieen screamed, her eyes glowing with anger. "You brought this on yourselves!"

"No! Dieen, listen to me! You can still change! You have a choice. You brought this anger upon yourself!" Justi tried to reason.

Finally, Seto spoke up. "Listen here! I don't know what I did in the past, but get over it!"

Dieen looked at him slowly. Everyone else turned around.

"Ah, Kaiba, I think it'd be wise NOT to get Dieen any angrier...." Tristan whispered.

"Dieen..." Justi pleaded. "Don't resort to violence.....no one wins in the end..."

// Justi! What the hell is going on?! // Elaya asked through their mind- link

\\ I'm trying to bring her back! \\ Justi responded.

// But isn't she complete evil? I thought the 'real Dieen' escaped when we duelled her last time.... // Elaya reasoned. // What if--? //

\\ --No! I know some part of her is still my sister....how would she know all of this? \\ Justi soon shut out Elaya since she didn't want to hear anything else. [I know if I can talk to her she'll notice that this isn't the way! Then she'll stop....]

[Justi! What the hell are you doing?! She's pure evil!] Elaya thought, totally baffled by what her darker half was doing. [What is this? Oprah?]

"Dieen....please....turn away from your anger!" Justi continue to plead with her speechless sister.

And that's when she began to walk towards her.

"Put your weapon down." Dieen said. "Don't take another step towards me unless you do so."

And so Justi did.

"No! Justi!" Téa gasped.

[But, Dieen still has her sceptre in hand!] Serenity thought.

"You're a sitting duck! Don't do it!" Mai and Tristan called from there positions on the floor.

"Justi.....don't...." Elaya said, reaching out with her hand.

But Justi didn't hear her.

"Big brother...what's happening?" Mokuba asked, being very confused.

Kaiba did not answer. Instead, he looked on; hoping that nothing would happen.

[Please God....don't let her get hurt....] Teresa pleaded.

"Dieen...." Justi said, walking closer and closer.

"Justika..." Dieen mumbled. "I'm sorry...."

[She's sorry?! SHE'S SORRY?!] Elaya screamed. She tried to move to grab Justi and shake some sense into her, but she couldn't move.

Justi smiled.

And so did Dieen.

\ Quickly Yugi! \

/ Alright, I'm ready..../ Yugi responded. He felt himself get detached from his body and soon found himself inside Yami's, or Atem's, mind chamber.

"Yugi? Are you okay?" Téa asked looking at her friend whose eyes had fuzzed over.

*~*~*Yami's/Atem's Mind Chamber--Yugi's POV*~*~*

Oh man! I gotta hurry! I have to find that door and unlock the Duel Monsters to make our decks whole again!

I have to do it fast because I really didn't like the smile Dieen was giving Justi! I hope the others are okay! Please Heart of the Cards; guide me to where you are.....

So many doors....but I know that those ones aren't the ones that I'm looking for! I can feel it coming up! It's so close!

"Yugi?" I heard someone say behind me. I turn around to see Yami, or Atem as I now know his real name, in his non-transparent form, running beside me. "I can feel it too! It's coming up, I know it!"

"We need to hurry! I think the others are in trouble!" I exclaim between breaths.

"Is this it?" Yami asked, as we approached a glowing white door.

"I'm positive."

"Good. I can feel the monsters energy." Yami said taking a step towards the door. He shut his eyes and turned the knob quickly.

That satisfying click told us that the door wasn't locked. White light blinded us as we stepped inside.

It was just how I remembered it. Stone tablets erected from the ground with detailed carvings of the Duel Monsters I know and have in my deck. And I'm pretty sure we'll find everyone else's cards too!

"I need your help my Duel Monsters! Come aid us!" Yami cried. The tablets began to glow a variety of colours as Duel Monsters awakened from their tablets. A Blue Eyes White Dragon almost scared me to death since it came up behind me. Stay calm Yugi....you have bigger fish to fry.

"Why do you need our help?" Dark Magician asked.

"We need to destroy evils from the Shadow Realm that have held us captive. Our friends are in great danger..." Yami said. "I am your master. Obey."

"Please?" I added in weakly. No offence to Yami, or Atem, or whatever, but his way of persuading wasn't very nice. Too commanding.

Dark Magician nodded slowly. "Our master's life is in jeopardy. Let us go and aid them in battle. It is done my Pharaoh..."

The monsters flowed out of the room. Me and Atem followed suit.

*~*~*Battle Field--Reader's POV*~*~*

"Yugi?" Téa whispered again, nudging him with her shoulder. Not responding, she began to panic.

"Yugi?"

"Yeah?" He replied getting back into his real body and out of Atem's mind chamber. He didn't respond to Téa's next question--he wasn't paying attention. He was more focused on his deck......Which he found in the container on his belt that he usually wore.

/ Yes! Atem, it worked! All my monsters are here! / Yugi looked around and noticed that Joey had found his, so did Mai, Kaiba and Elaya.

Joey looked at Yugi with the look of 'how-the-heck-did-my-deck-get-here?'

\ Be ready to use them Yugi......Be careful! \

"I'm so sorry Justika..." Dieen repeated. "I'm sorry that you believed in that lie....'

"What?!" Justi took a step back shocked.

"Now, to finish you off for good!" Dieen raised her staff that she never put down at Justi.

"NO! JUSTI!" Elaya cried from behind her.

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But, THIS is gonna be the last chappie I write until my exams are over! Okay? I'm sure this'll tie you down until then!

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