Note:Reviewers have been saying Ra isn't effected by trap cards. I am well aware of that, and if you read,

when Mirror Force was activated Ra's attack broke through it, however Ra's power was too much for Henry to handle

so he collapsed before it could finish his attack.

The atmosphere in her room was most unpleasant, the cold air from outside was forcing it's

way in. Rika shivered, here blanket was failing to keep her warm against the night's winds.

Her clothes were still on though she usualy didn't bother changing as of late.

"Why is it so cold?"thought Rika.

She curled her legs up close to her, even hid her head under the blanket

but the cold continued to come in. She wished she had Rennamon, her warm fur would protect her.

Rika mentaly smacked herself, Rennamon would think she was pathetic if she asked her to keep

her warm, at least she thought so.

Hiding easily in the shadow of night, Yami Bakura watched over her almost like Rennamon used to,

except his intentions were much more selfish.

He kneeled down beside RIka, who had failed to notice him. She felt sleepy and her senses dimmed

down to a small spark of what they normaly were.

"Her mind will be much easier to manipulate"thought Yami Bakura.

However before he could make his move, the light turned on. Angrily he hid himself from sight.

Rika awoke once more, her eyes adjusting to the bright light. It was her mother.

"Are you allright Rika?"asked her mother.

"What's going on?"asked Rika sleepily.

"I thought I heared someone walking around in here"

"No, I'm fine"said Rika.

"If you say so. It's freezing in here, why don't you sleep in the living room?"

"Damn, she'll be too close to them for me to get to her. Oh well, I suppose Bakura will have to do.

Afterall, I haven an Egyptian God card to find, and millenium items to obtain"

With that, Yami Bakura snuck away before he could be noticed.

No one would be dueling at this time of night so he decided that he would need to find another

way to find the Egyptian God card.

If he tried Malik's plan of kidnapping, it would draw too much attention. He couldn't allow

anyone to discover he was back in control of Bakura just yet.

He couldn't help but feel a familiarness from Rika. Did he know her from ancient times?

No! That was absurd! Then again, it might not be. He did lose a good chunk of his memory

from anceint times though he had more memory then Yami, that was for certain.

He had other things to think about. He knew Yugi wouldn't posses such a card, because knowing

him, he would've given Ra to Malik and the hunters. Speaking of the Hunters, he wanted to make certain

they never found the God card before him.

An idea came to Yami Bakura, and he snickered.

"Ra is an unheared of card, only someone with knowledge of the ancient

times could know of Ra's power. The only one who would know of such power

is someone with a millenium item"he thought with a wide grin.

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"Where am I?"thought Henry walking through the deserted area.

It was somekind of basement hallway, with shadows almost everywhere, concrete flooring and

yellow walls. He couldn't see what was up ahead, the shadows were concealing everything.

He looked behind him and found nothing but a long narrow path. He wanted to go back but something

compelled him to move forward, something that took over his fear.

He walked down, the darkness becoming brightened as he came closer. He felt his heart beating,

for some reason he couldn't seem to go very quickly.

Something could be seen going on up ahead. Someone was there. Upon coming closer, he saw

Rika, along with the robed man from the video. Rika was shackled to the wall by her arms and legs,

with an expressionless face.

"Rika!"gasped Henry.

Rika turned her face towards him, growing an expression of anger.

"Get away from me Henry, go destroy yourself with Ra"

"Rika, please, I can explain"said Henry.

The robed man snickered.

"Down you go my dear!"

A hole opened up from below RIka and she was dragged down by a large Green hand.

Henry tried to yell Rika but his words came out as weird mumbles. The robed man snickered

at his helplessness, and snapped his fingers. A giant wall arose from the ground from behind him,

as well as behind the robed man.

On the wall behind the man, Takato and Yugi were also shackled to the wall.

Henry nearly fell back from an explosion from his Winged Dragon of Ra as it came from his pocket,

roaring loudly for the world to hear.

Seeing this as his only chance to save his friends, Henry took a chance.

"Winged Dragon of Ra, destroy him!"

The robed man merely snickered and said:

"Now begins your darkness"

Rika came through the wall, however instantly became shackled again.

Ra blasted at the robed man, but the attack was going for his friends as well.

"NO! Destroy him Ra, not them!"

Ra didn't obey his command, and a bright flash of light blinded him.

When it faded away, all that was there was a wasteland, the ground comepletely

covered in Grey ashes, all the buildings in pieces, and Ra behind him.

"I told you not to kill my friends!"

The robed man appeared from underneath the ground. Henry was angreir then ever,

he had sacraficed his friends for nothing.

"You tried to save them, only to destroy them"

"Who are you?"

He snickered.

"You vanquished your friends to kill me and you don't know who I am? Guess

they don't mean that much to you then"

"I didn't mean to destroy them!"said Henry.

"You think that, but the Winged Dragon of Ra sure didn't. He's your master,

not the other way around. You no longer have friends, or foes, you have Ra.

He is your existence!"

"HE IS-

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"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!"yelled Henry punching, however he found himself in bed.

He sighed, he never felt so relieved.

"It was only a dream, only a dream"he thought to himself.

He sat up, it was still night time. Suzy apparently wasn't awaken by his scream,

otherwise she would probaly be in there wondering what happened. She was sure one heavy

sleeper.

Getting up, he went out into the kitchen and got himself a drink.

Only about three days or so until Battle City, and he still couldn't control Ra. If he had been

able to stand just a few moments more, he would've won the duel.

The whole point of entering the whole Duel Monsters franchise was to control Ra so it

wouldn't be a threat to him or anyone else. The robed man in his dream was indeed the one

on the video, and he would probaly do anything to get Ra.

But why did he give up on the kidnapping scheme? Then it hit him. He saw

the Winged Dragon of Ra played!

Question was, did he know who played it? No, he would've come for it by now.

Of course now he had to wonder. Who was the master? Him or Ra.

"That Egyptian God's been controlling almost everything that happens to me,

I have to tame it fast. THe maniac who kidnapped my sister will be coming for

me. If I can control Ra, I can defeat him. I have to, if he wins the Winged Dragon

of Ra, it'll be the end for us all"thought Henry.

Now another thought came to his mind:Takato and Rika. Rika pretty much hated him now,

a knowing that plauged him much, not helped by the fact Rika won't talk to him. But he still worried

of her and Takato. Whether he liked it or not, they were involved.

What would happen to them? Would the dream come true, and he would destroy them with Ra?

He sighed, he didn't know what to do about any of this.

He went back to bed, feeling tired once more, and easily drifted to sleep.

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This morning wasn't as pleasant as the last. The sky was rather Grey,the sun's shine down

to a dim glimmer. The wind was attacking everything in it's path, and the cold had taken over

comepletely.

No one wanted to go out in this weather. It was an indoor day for sure.

Of course there is no single or definete mindset for civilians, there were always diffrent

ones among a town or so. Naturaly there were some people outside, not that they all enjoyed being out there.

Alice didn't mind though, the cold outside matched what was in her heart. Ever since losing Dobermon, she

had felt empty and useless. Her father had caught her mutilating herself on a few occasions. She was allready

mutilated on the inside, what was the diffrence?

She would never see her father again. She was leaving for good. She couldn't stand it anymore.

She was out towards the end of town, trying to hitchhike.

She was beggining to get aggrevated when no one would stop for her.

Out of frustration she stomped the ground with a growl.

"Can I help you?"

Alice turned around and saw her dream come true. He was in a Purple buttoned

tanktop with Black pants and matching Black shoes. He also had golden wristbands,

and some Black marks around his face. He was riding on a motorbike.

Alice just stared, to her he was the most beautiful boy she had ever seen.

"Well, do you need help?"he asked.

Alice nodded.

"Well hop on and hang tight"

Alice did so without a word.

"Where you heading to?"asked the boy.

"Domino Peer"she said.

The boy grinned, unoticed by Alice. He started the motorbike and sped off.

This thing was fast!

"So what's your name?"he asked.

"Alice, and you?"

"Malik. So what are you looking for at Domino Peer?"he asked with malice.

"Escape"

Malik's grin grew, he stopped the bike and stepped off. Curious, Alice did too.

"Why did you stop?"she asked.

"You want escape? I'll give you escape, my new mind slave!"

Alice became scared all of a sudden, she felt something paralyzing her and it

wasn't fear. Soon, Alice's emotion just died in an instant. Her thoughts and body as well.

Malik owned her.

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"Joey, you've been staring at that necklace all morning, what's up?"asked Tristan.

It was true, Joey's eyes were practiclyt nailed, glued and stuck on the glass which protected

the necklace. It was silver, shiny, with a silver glittery string which held a

beautiful silver bird.

However he was able to take his eyes off to meet Tristan's eyes.

"Well I want to get that necklace for Serenity when she get's her bandages off but I don't have

nearly enough money, I spent all the money Yugi won me on Serenity's eye operation"said Joey.

"I wish I could help ya there bud, but there's not much I can do"said Tristan.

"I know, I never planned on asking ya. Only someone pitiful begs others for money"said Joey.

"How are you gonna get the money then?"asked Tristan.

"I don't know"said Joey.

"Well while you're thinking, don't forget Battle City starts in about Three days"said Tristan.

"Yeah, while I was thinking of that necklace for Serenity I almost forgot about

Battle City"said Joey.

"Did you upgrade your deck for the new rules yet? I heared every duelist in the tournament has modified their

deck"said Tristan.

"I got some new cards but my deck still needs work"said Joey.

"Hey there guys!"

Tea saw them and ran up to them as quickly as she could.

"Hey Tea"said Joey, then Tristan following.

"So why are you guys haning around a jewlery store?"asked Tea.

"Joey wants to get that necklace for Serenity but dosen't have the money"said Tristan.

"What about the money from Duelist Kingdom? Don't tell me you spent it all"said Tea.

"I did, on Serenity's operation"said Joey.

"That's a ripoff, a few thousand sure but a few million? C'mon"said Tea.

"I know, but they were the only doctors who could do it"said Joey.

"Yeah, well look at the bright side, Serenitty will be happy enough being

able to see again"said Tea.

"Yeah, thanks to you"said Tristan.

"I have Yugi to thank too. If he didn't give me the money, then I would've

been out in the dumkp"said Joey.

"If you didn't make it as far as you did, you would've been shipped home before Yugi could give you

the money"said Tea.

"I just hope I never have to see you guys duel like that again, that was hard to watch"said Tea.

"Well at least this time if Yugi and Joey duel there won't be too much on the line so we'll

actualy get to enjoy it"said Tristan.

"Well"said Tea, there is one way to get the money"said Tea with a slight giggle.

"What?"asked Joey.

Tea was just barely able to contain the laugh.

"Ask Kaiba!"

"Oh, really funny"said Joey.

Tristan laughed alongside her.

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Despite all his efforts, Kaiba was unable to locate the man who had kidnapped the children.

Although the kids were now released, what Kaiba really wanted was to learn all he could about

Ra from this man. Afterall, if he was to win this Egyptian God, he needed to know what it did.

There was a knock at his door.

"Who is it?"

"It's me Seto"said Mokuba.

"Come in"

The doors slid open, Mokuba rushed in with an envelope.

"This came for you, the envelope's unmarked"said Mokuba.

"Thank you Mokuba"said Kaiba taking the envelope.

He opened it up, and in it was the Millenium necklace. Despite it's shape,

it was small enough to fit in the envelope. Kaiba of course was unimpressed.

"What is this, someone's idea of a joke?"

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Malik walked down to the cell where Ichizu was being held. She merely sat there, staring out blankly

into the harsh shadows.

"Now that the Millenium Necklace is further away, perhaps I can control her mind more easily, why didn't I think of this

before? I could've saved much time"thought Malik.

Hosting the rod, he beamed it's power at Ichizu. However what he got control of was nothing but a mess.

Angrily he slammed his Rod against the bars, doing no damage though.

"Her mind's too feeble now, blast it! Fine then, we'll just wait until Battle City, I'll get those Egyptian God cards

the old fashioned way"thought Malik.

Coming from behind him was his newest slave, Alice. She was now wearing a Black glittery jump suit

with a Purple cape.

"You'll become a valueable asset"

Malik took out a dueling deck, not his own though.

"This deck is constructed of the most powerful cards my Rare Hunters have

ever gathered. With this deck, you will crush all competition"said Malik.

"If she goes up against the owner of an Egyptian God card, she can win with ease as long as she prevents

the owner from summoning the card""thought Malik.

Malik walked away, the mindless Alice following him.

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Yugi and Henry met up again that afternoon. This time instead of a regular duel,

Yugi(not Yami this time) would simply lay Mirror Force down and let Henry get three monsters to summon

Ra. The first couple of tries Henry came close ut collapsed.

After a few more though, he was able to get himself through Ra's attack. Mirror Force, as last time,

proved useless.

They kept at this for awhile, with Henry by the end of it, able to attack with Ra and at the most

get a little tired.

"Thanks Yugi, I couldn't have gotten this far without you. But um, may I ask you something?"

"Sure, what?"asked Yugi.

"Well it's, I didn't have the nerve to ask before, but, um, you seem a little

diffrent today. You're shorter and your voice is a higher pitch. Did something

happen?"asked Henry.

"Oh no"thought Yugi.

"Let's show him"thought Yami.

"YUGIOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Henry was in awe when he saw Yami emerge.

"What the!"gasped Henry.

"You see Henry, the puzzle Yugi wears is no piece of jewlery. It holds

my spirit, the pharoah's spirit. The Yugi you saw today is indeed Yugi,

I am Yami, the pharoah's spirit"

"Unreal, it's like you Digivolved"said Henry.

"What?"asked Yami.

Henry wanted to strangle himself for saying that.

"Nothing, but, wow! Could you teach me that trick?"asked Henry.

Yami laughed.

TBC

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