Buka and Yami had been walking through the halls along with Kirei, trying to find their other friends. Deep inside Buka was still worried if their child had been harmed by the arrows or not. For now she decided to keep her thoughts to herself, but soon she stopped in her tracks. A shadow darted across the hall in front of the three, causing them all to stop.

"Who or what was that?" Kirei asked.

"Good question . . ." Yami started, and then he stepped in front of Buka instinctively. If anything was going to happen, he was going to protect her this time. He vowed that he'd never let anything hurt her again, and he was a Pharaoh of his word.

"We meet again Pharaoh. I decided to try for a rematch, mostly because I personally had a little too much fun with seeing your girlfriend suffer like that." Marik said, stepping out from behind a pillar.

"Marik . . . I beat you fair and square, so leave us alone!" Yami said, narrowing his eyes.

Marik just laughed, and then he managed to pull Buka out from behind him. If he couldn't get rid of her earlier, then he'll do so now. A smirk hid his true intentions, which were to be made known soon enough.

"I don't want to duel you, Pharaoh. I want to duel Bukasha. See if she is as good as I've heard, or if she is just your little shadow. Personally I don't think she can duel her way out of a paper bag."

Buka glared, and looked at Yami before turning to Marik. She was not one to back down from a duel, and she was not about to start now. Although she had a lot more at stake this time.

"I accept Marik. Now who will start this off?" Buka asked, narrowing her eyes.

"I'll start this off by putting Revival Jam in defense mode, and then I activate my Jam Breeding Machine." Marik smirked, knowing that she couldn't do anything against Ra.

"Oh no . . . Tenshi, be careful! Just remember what you have in your deck!" Yami said, hoping that Marik didn't know what he was telling her. He had put Slifer back in her deck while Buka was asleep. But he wasn't sure if the stress of maintaining a powerful God Card would be too much for her and the baby or not.

Buka nodded, remembering that Marik tried this same strategy earlier. Of course Yami was able to get Slifer with no problem because he had Swords of Revealing Light. She had that, and Nightmare's Steel Cage.

"Fair enough. I place two cards face down and I place a monster face down in defense mode. Your move Marik." She smirked, knowing that he can't attack it because of the Jam Breeding Machine's effect. All she needed was either Harpie's Feather Duster or Heavy Storm.

"Hmm . . . I'll place put one card face down, then a monster in defense mode. Now watch as my Jam Breeding Machine produces the first of many Slime Tokens." Marik said, noting the look in her eyes.

'Oh no . . .' Buka thought to herself, partly because she knew she was trapped right now. That and a slight wave of nausea hit her again.

"Come on, you can do this. Even if he does summon Ra, he can't do anything because he'll have no attack points." Yami said, noting the fear in Buka's eyes. He could also tell that she wasn't feeling that great.

"Right, I can do this. Marik, you think you have the last laugh. First I place Mystical Elf in defense mode and then I activate Heavy Storm! Say goodbye to your magic and trap cards. And that's not all, now I reveal Gora Turtle! Gora, take out the Slime Token!" Buka smirked, her strategy was perfect. She looked at her hand, and saw that she had just the card she needed.

"Alright! That's showing him!" Kirei said, and then looked over at Yami. "Why did she play such a weak monster as Gora Turtle?"

"Gora Turtle has a special effect. No monsters above 1900 attack points can attack it, so right now she's in the clear. I know that Marik has his Vorse Raider hiding in there somewhere."

Marik narrowed his eyes for a moment, and then a small grin crept across his face. He did have a way to get rid of that turtle. It may have been drastic, but he was willing to risk it. He knew that people used weak monsters to just buy some time until they got the good ones.
"So sorry Bukasha, but I'm afraid your turtle is done for. I activate Raigeki!"

"Hmm . . . nice move, but you activated my trap card Magic Jammer!" Buka grinned, knowing that her trap card would actually come in handy.

"You just got lucky. I place one monster card face down, and that ends it for me." Marik said, glaring at Buka the entire time.

Yami watched on, praying that Buka would have something to end this. And soon, but he knew that he could always count on her to get out of a tough spot. She had a secret weapon in her deck, but he also knew that it was too soon to call out Slifer.

"Alright Marik, perhaps I did get lucky. But try and call this luck, for now I activate Swords of Revealing Light. Next, I place a monster face down in defense mode. That's it for me."

"Good move . . ." Yami said keeping his fingers crossed.
"So I can't move for three turns, your pathetic boyfriend did the same thing. However, now I can summon your worst nightmare! I activate Soul Exchange, so I will take your Gora Turtle. And now I sacrifice Gora Turtle, Vorse Raider and Revival Jam in order to summon the Winged Dragon of Ra!" Marik smirked, watching as his dragon went up to 4500. "And I also activate Dust Tornado, which gets rid of your Swords of Revealing Light. So now say goodbye to your Mystical Elf!"

Buka slid back as Ra attacked her elf; at least she avoided a direct attack. That would be bad, especially from a card like Ra. Now she realized that she was in trouble, she couldn't activate Soul Exchange now.

"No . . ." Kirei said.

"Wait, Buka still has her face down card. That has to be Cyber Jar . . ." Yami whispered so Marik couldn't hear him. He knew Buka's strategy all too well.

Buka sighed and drew her next card. It may not be much, but it could help her out immensely later on. She looked at Marik and crossed her arms over her stomach. She was only just starting to show a little bit, but only if one looked closely enough.

"Hmm . . . I suppose it's my turn to play a little trick on you Marik. This is risky, but I am willing to do it. I activate my own Raigeki!" Buka smirked, praying that he didn't have Anti Raigeki.

"Damn . . . Alright, that's enough! I am done playing around Bukasha!"

Yami glared at Marik, watching Buka's move. That was very risky, but he was proud of her nonetheless. This just proved that she was an excellent duelist, and an even better strategist.

"It's your move Marik."

"I know that. I summon Melchid the four faced beast, and then I will attack your face down monster!" He watched, and then paled as he saw what it was. Everything was now destroyed again, and they had to get a new hand.

"Cyber Jar, now we get a new hand added to what we already have. But we must discard what we can't put out just yet." Buka noted, but frowned as she got all her high level monsters and no weak ones.

"Since it's still my move, I can now attack your life points directly with another Vorse Raider! That will end it for me." Marik smirked, watching as his Vorse Raider struck Buka.

Buka fell to her knees, panting slightly. Tears hit the floor below her; it was obvious that she was scared out of her mind. Not only for herself and hers and Yami's unborn child, but for the safety of their friends as well. She had no choice but to cry out in pain as the attack hit.

"No . . . Marik this has gone on long enough! If you so much as harm her, you will have to deal with me!" Yami said, getting a dangerous tone in his voice.

"I'll be fine . . . I have the perfect plan Koishii . . ." Buka said, her voice still shaking.

Marik raised an eyebrow, but decided to humor her anyway. This duel wasn't going to last long anyway.

"First I place Gemini Elf in Defense mode, and then I activate Monster Reborn to bring back my Wingweaver that I had discarded. We'll see who's laughing now when I get through with you. Wingweaver attack his Vorse Raider, and then I will get Gemini Elf to hit your life points directly!"

"Alright, that's my Tenshi!" Yami grinned, watching Marik fall to his knees again.

"Bukasha . . . you are going to pay for that!" Marik drew, and then he smirked. "I place another monster face down and end my turn. Move if you want."

Buka narrowed her eyes, wondering what monster Marik had face down. But it didn't matter; she had enough monsters now to get Slifer. And that is just what she wanted to do.

"I will, Marik. I activate my own Soul Exchange! I'll be sacrificing your monster, Wingweaver and Gemini Elf to summon Slifer the Sky Dragon!" Buka watched as the dragon appeared next to her, already up to an impressive 4000 points.

"Yami, do you know why Slifer got that high already?" Kirei asked, noting that Slifer had a very powerful attack just from being summoned to the field.

Yami nodded with a grin still across his face. He knew exactly why Slifer was so high powered; it all depended on how many cards the owner held in his or her hand.

"It's simple really. Slifer's attack is determined by how many cards the player holds in his or her hand. Buka has four cards right now, so Slifer gets 1000 points per card. That's why he is up to 4000." Yami answered, and then he turned back to the duel. Once again Marik was outsmarted, and this time by the least likely suspect.

"How the hell did you get Slifer?! The Pharaoh is supposed to be the one that holds the power of the almighty Slifer the Sky Dragon!" Marik asked, vowing that he will still find a way to get Yami back for this.

"Easy. He gave me the card after he won that duel against your lackey, Strings. Now he is in my control, and he will also take out the rest of your life points! Attack Marik directly!" Buka said, before falling forward.

Marik fell back after the attack, and then he stood up after the dragon disappeared and the smoke cleared. He saw the perfect opportunity now, now he can carry out his plan to get to Yami.

"So sorry Pharaoh, but it appears your girlfriend is too weak to handle the power of an Egyptian God! So now she'll be with me!" Marik laughed and picked Buka up, tossing her over his shoulder before running off toward Talpa and the other Warlords.

"No . . . Tenshi!" Yami cried out, clenching his fist the entire time. He had to save Buka, he vowed he'd never let anything happen to her again. And his word was his bond. Now he was scared for two reasons, Buka's safety and what could possibly happen to their baby.
They watched as they disappeared around a corner.

"We'll get her back Yami," Kirei said placing a hand on his shoulder. "But we need to find the others before we go after them."

He nodded and they headed off to find the others. Meanwhile Sugoshi and the others had found themselves down in the dungeon part of the castle. Kento stopped at a corner and motioned for everyone to hault. They glanced around the corner and saw Dynasty Soldiers standing around a cell door.

"They must have one of them in the cell," Sugoshi said.

They already had their armor on and they rushed towards the soldiers destroying them in minutes since they took them by surprise. Rowen was chained in the middle of the cell when the door burst open and the others came in.

"About time," he said when he saw them.

"What? No hello," Kento said.

"Very funny Kento," Rowen said. "Now get me out of here."

They cut the chains around his wrists and he stood up rubbing them.

"Can you armor up?"

"Talpa took our kanji balls," Rowen said.

"Do you know where they're keeping the others?"

He shook his head and they exited the cell and headed out the way they came. In the throne room, Marik appeared with Buka who was still unconscious. Ryo was awake and watched with anger when he saw who he had.

"Good job," Talpa said entering the room. "Tie her to the chair."

Marik did as told and then left the room. Buka started coming around to see Talpa standing near her and nearly jumped but found she couldn't.

"You're here in time to be my audience," Talpa said and then turned towards Ryo.

Buka then saw Ryo chained to the wall. Talpa once again picked the whip up and walked right over to Ryo. Buka watched with horror as he was turned to face the wall and she saw the numerous cuts up and down his back. She flinched as the whip caught him right across the back.

"Leave him alone Talpa!" she screamed.

But that only made him hit Ryo even harder until he finally slumped against the chains and Talpa dropped the whip back onto his chair and stalked out of the room.

--to be continued--