All this time, Jonounchi has been trying to find Malik. His journey leads him to the museum. As he walks up the front steps, Honda catches up to him.
Honda: "Jonounchi! You idiot! What are you trying to do?"
Jonounchi: "Grr...why are you following me?? I'm gonna find Malik and get some answers, Jonounchi style!" Jonounchi makes a huge grin while showing Honda clenched fists.
Honda: "You're a fool! You'll never get any answers from Malik. I won't let you blindly continue like this."
Jonounchi: Running at Honda "Then you leave me no choice!" Jonounchi hits Honda and knocks him down. "I can't let you get in my way." Jonounchi runs into the musuem.
Honda just laid on the ground where Jonounchi knocked him. Jonounchi runs through the museum searching for Malik. He stops at the Egypt museum exhibit, something had caught his eye...a coin.
Jonounchi: "This coin, this symbol, Malik was here!" Jonounchi clenches the coin in his fist.
Voice: "Right you are Jonounchi. Malik was here, along with Shadi. However, now it is just us."
Jonounchi: "Whoever you are, why are you hiding? I have no time for this crap. I have to find Malik and get some answers."
Voice: "Malik doesn't hold the answers to what you seek."
Jonounchi: "Wha..? What do you do know about what I se.."
Voice: "You seek the one who harmed that kid Bakura. You seek...ME!"
Jonounchi: "Then I guess I've found you. Show yourself so we can settle this."
Voice: "Haha, you fool. You are no match for me, you are not even worthy to see me. But I'll give you a chance. If you win my game, I'll allow you to confront me. What do you say?"
Jonounchi: "What are you...a carnival owner? Fine, I'll play your game, then I'll take you out myself."
Voice: "Don't be so cocky without even knowing the game fool!"
The room around Jonounchi turned dark and cold. A Duel Monsters playing field appears in front of him with cards already on the field. Jonounchi was now in the Shadow Realm.
Jonounchi: "What gives? I'll duel you if that's what you want, but from the start, not with cards already played! How lame are you?"
Voice: "Shut your mouth. I'm not dueling you, not right now. You're dueling yourself. The board is set in such a way that only a true elite duelist could win. Your objective is to win this turn. Good luck."
Jonounchi: "Luck...hah! Who needs luck for this? I'm a true duelist!" 'Let's see, I guess this is my hand.' Jonounchi picks up cards on his side of the board. 'Hmm...ok Jonounchi, think. There has to be some trick to this.' Jonounchi examines the board.
I remember the board. It was set up in such a way that most could call it impossible, and not many would disagree. The opponent had 4 face down cards on the magic/trap zone, 1 face down monster in defense, and a Relinquished in atk mode equipped with Red-Eyes Black Dragon.
Jonounchi's side had a lot less. He had two face down traps, Solemn Judgement and Collected Power, and two monsters in attack mode, Flame Swordsman and Black Skull Dragon. In his hand, Jonounchi held a Change of Heart, Mage Power, and United We Stand. Oh yeah, before you think this may be easy, Jonounchi only has 200 Life Points, while the opponent has 2500 Life Points.
Voice: "I forgot to mention, you're only given 15 minutes to figure this challenge out. Once again, good luck...HAHAHA"
Jonounchi: "I'll deal with you soon freak!" 'Ok, let's see here, I have...ONLY 200 LP?? AHH...not much room for error. And I gotta take 2500 from my opponents life points.' Jonounchi thinks for a few minutes about what to do. 'Alright I think I got it! You're so smart Jonounchi!' "Alright creep, I got your game figured out! I can beat this without even using my Black Skull Dragon. First, I'll play Mage Power on Flame Swordsman!
As Jonounchi played Mage Power, Magic Jammer flipped up on the opponents side of the field and a card from the opponent's hand went to the grave.
Jonounchi: "Err...didn't count on that...wait a minute!" Jonounchi flips Solemn Judgement "Hah! I counter your Magic Jammer card!"
Another card flipped up, Seven Tools of the Bandit
Jonounchi: "Grr..."
Jonounchi: "Damn it, alright...phase two..I play United We Stand on my Flame Swordsman!" Jonounchi stares at his opponents cards. Seeing that none flipped, he lets out a sigh of relief. "Whew...ok then...Change of Heart! Get me that face down monster!"
The face down card glides its way over to Jonounchi's side of the field.
Jonounchi: "Alright then...Labyrinth Wall eh? I'll flip it face up to power up my Flame Swordsman even more! That brings him to 4100 Atk power. All that's left is to take out your remaining life points! Flame Swordsman...attack Relinquished!"
As Flame Swordsman rushes in to attack, another card flips face up, Mirror Wall. Jonounchi, in a desperate haste, remembers the effect of his face down card, Collected Power. He flips Collected Power quickly to try and remove Red-Eyes Black Dragon from Relinquished, however the last Magic/Trap card on his opponents side of the field flips up, another Seven Tools of the Bandit. Jonounchi can do nothing but watch as his Flame Swordsman makes a fatal attempt on Relinquished, and can only brace himself for the counter attack. Red-Eyes Black Dragon opens it's mouth and fires a red burst at Flame Swordsman, destroying it and taking out Jonounchi's remaining 100 Life points. The impact pushes Jonounchi away into a statue, knocking him out.
Voice: "You idiot, such an amateur. Now you will be forever trapped in the Shadow Realm! HAHAHA!" The darkness that filled the room retracts, taking Jonounchi with it.
Malik and Shadi have by now searched most of the city following the darkness they sensed. The goose chase brings them back to the museum they started at.
Malik: "Seems we've been tricked by our own senses Shadi. We are back where we started and the dark power is gone." Malik walks up the steps of the museum.
Shadi: "I...guess so. Malik, where are you going? You still haven't told me why you are here, nor have we proved that you were not the one to attack Bakura!"
Malik: "I still have my unfinished business that you rudely interrupted earlier. As for where I'm going, I need to get my coin back."
Malik walks inside the musuem to retrieve his coin. Shadi pauses for a moment and decides to go in search of others to assist him. As he walks away, he quickly stops, as something laying on side of the museum catches his attention. Something...or someone.
Jonounchi is trapped in the Shadow Realm, Shadi and Malik are closer to danger than they can even imagine. Someone's knocked out on side of the museum. Who could it be? And what will happen when Yugi finds out about Jonounchi??