The former Tamers were both dumbfounded and petrified as they stood before Yami Malik.
"What are ya doing with those kids Malik!"demanded Joey.
Yami Malik took out his rod and licked it.
"Not good for your health"said Joey.
"Don't tell him that, he might've died and saved us all some trouble"said Tristan.
Yami Malik spit on the ground.
"Please, wishful thinking is for the desperate. Now then, it would be unfair and rude of me if I dueled you
normaly while everyone else is in a shadow game wouldn't it? Since the four way only detirmined the order of
players I didn't bother. However this is a diffrent story Joey Wheeler"
Yami stood in front of the tamers.
"Leave them out of this Malik!"growled Yami.
"But it's so much fun, no one ruins my fun. Just look at you now, wait until you lose four more
friends"said Yami Malik putting four of his fingers up consecutively.
"Don't worry Yug, I wanted to duel him, for Mai, for Alice, and for you. I swore I would always be there
for ya, and I'm gonna prove it by beating this guy for ya"said Joey.
Before Yami could respond, a thick Black cloud surrounded the entire arena. Joey spun towards Yami Malik.
"The name of this game is called Share the pain. Everytime a monster is destroyed or fails an attack, either you
or one of those three suffer the pain"said Yami Malik pointing to Henry and the others.
"No way!"they gasped.
"If it's one of my monsters, either I take the damage, or"said Yami Malik pausing.
"Or who!"said Joey.
"That nice girl Alice. She's in pain beyond her wildest dreams allready, I say the more the merrier, or even
Mai"
"Leave them alone! They never did anything to you"yelled Yami.
"This is between you and me Malik so I'll take all the pain"
"Too late, the game's been inciated"said Yami Malik activating his Dueldisk.
"Besides, it's time to duel"
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The being was shifting forms more slowly though only by a few seconds.
"The duel will begin shortly. I just hope the inferior one pushes for the summoning of Ra"
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Joey activated his DuelDisk as well.
"Allright tough guy, let's duel!"
Their lifepoints started at Four thousand and both drew their opening hands. Yami Malik had a large smile
on his face.
"This will be most fun. Beating Joey Wheeler will be simple, however torturing him and those brats will be such fun,
especialy since the pharoah suffers at such sights. They will all know suffering not by meaning or by word, but for
what it truly is"he thought.
Yami Malik drew.
Kaiba watched intently. He just wanted to see Ra again so he could find out more about it's powers.
"You seem nervous"said Yami Malik to a trembiling Joey.
Joey looked behind him at the tamers, and also thought about Mai and Alice.
"Aw man, I don't know if I can go through with this"thought Joey.
Henry stepped forward.
"Listen, go ahead. Malik's allready tortured us, we can take anything else he can throw. Just beat the
no good bastard"said Henry.
Joey and the others were quite suprised, Yami Malik even though to a lesser extent, he still had that smile.
Joey nodded.
"I'm sorry Mai, Alice, but in order to save ya, you'll have to suffer some more"thought Joey.
"Malik, when I win this, you had better release your spell on Alice and Mai!"said Joey.
Yami Malik shrugged.
"Whatever you wish"said Yami Malik.
He looked through his hand.
"Aw, the pain will begin allready"said Yami Malik.
Joey said nothing.
"Joey better know what he's doing out there against Malik"thought Yugi.
"I place three cards face down and summon Dark Javolete"
The blue two headed creature was buff with four legs. It's stats showed as 1200/1000.
Joey drew.
"Sorry guys, but I'm gonna have to cause you all lot's of pain. But if I win, it won't matter"thought Joey.
"I summon Alligator's Sword!"
The Gator stood on two legs, with Black armor on it's chest and head, with a long, sharp sword.
It's stats showed as 1500/1200.
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"About time the match began. C'mon Joey, last the bout. I need Ra to be played as many times as possible"
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"Alligator's Sword, attack!"
"What's Joey doing!"thought Henry.
However to his suprise, the attack came through, no face down cards triggering.
Yami Malik held his chest as the monster was destroyed, his lifepoints dropping to
thirty seven hundred.
"Wait a second, Dark Javelote's special effect lowers an opponent's monster's power. Why didn't
he use it?"thought Henry.
Yami Malik simply smiled.
"A small price to pay"said Yami Malik drawing.
"Now I play Monster Reborn, a magic card that can revive any monster in the graveyard"
"I know what it does"said Joey.
"My apoligies, I was positive basic dueling skills were beyond you"
"Watch it!"said Joey.
"Now, as I was saying, I'll use it to revie Dark Javolant back to the field. The I activate the trap
card Invisible soldier, allowing me to summon a monster, so I summon Labravo"
The machine with drill's on it's face and hands had stats of 1600/1200.
"Now I sacrafice my monsters to summon Heolpemer"
The Black alien like creature had a huge red circle in the middle of it's body.
It's stats showed as 2000/2000.
"Don't worry sacraficing monsters won't cause pain to anyone. Consider it a farewell gift"
"Shut up"said Joey drawing.
Joey ignored the fact that Yami Malik could've attacked him as he drew his next card.
"I summon Rocket Warrior!"
The Green rocket had arms, legs, and a face with small beaty eyes and a line for a mouth, as well
as a spike on it's helmet.
"Now I switch Rocket Warrior to invincible mode, so when it strikes your monster it'll lose five hundred
points"
The monster's defense was now fifteen hundred.
"Then comes the magic card Legendary Blade, giving Alligator's Sword eight hundred extra attack points,
making it's power twenty two hundred. Attack!"
The monster was gone, however Yami Malik felt no pain.
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Mai gave off a scream of pain in her sleep.
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"Too bad for Mai"said Yami Malik.
Joey was getting pissed to say the least.
"Now comes my monster's special effect. It transforms into the Poet of Hell and goes into your graveyard"
"My graveyard!"gasped Joey.
A spirit like beam went into his Dueldisk.
"Now comes the trap card Coffin Seller. Whenever one of your monsters goes to the graveyard,
you lose three hundred lifepoints. With Poet in Hell, at the end of all your turns it randoml discards one
card from youre had. If it's monster, Coffin Seller costs you three hundred lifepoints"
Joey was freaked out even more as a hand came from his graveyard and discarded his Insect Queen.
Joey's lifepoints dropped to Thirty Seven hundred, equaling Yami Malik's.
"You're lucky you never summoned that monster, otherwise it would
bring pain"said Yami Malik drawing.
He smiled.
"I play Burried Offering. Removing a card from either your graveyard or mine, or one of
each if needed, I can summon a high level monster. So now I summon Richoete devil"
The giant Blue buff creature was a disturbing sight for Joey even though he saw it during Mai's duel.
It's stats showed as 1500/1800.
"I end turn"
Joey drew.
"Enough of this, it's time I stopped this whole thing"he thought.
"First I summon Tiny Guardian!"
The little Black creature was covered in heavy armor and held a tiny sword. It's stats showed
as 1400/1800.
"Now Rocket Warrior, attack!"
"Sorry, the torture continues. I activate Nightmare Wheel, trapping your monster and lowering your lifepoints
by five hundred when your turn begins"
"Damn it, you asshole!"yelled Joey.
"Is there anyone who can beat Malik?"asked Henry.
"Tell me about it"said Rika.
Rocket Warrior was binded onto the wheel, and despite it's struggles could not break free.
"I end turn"
The hand came back up and discarded another one of Joey's cards, Skull Dice.
"HA! No monster!"said Joey.
Yami Malik ignored it as he drew.
"Richoet Devil's power rises by Seven hundred every round"
"What! I can't believe I forgot that!"thought Joey.
The monster's power now stood at twenty two hundred.
"Attack his Tiny Guardian!"
It was slashed through, Joey's lifepoints dropping to twenty nine hundred, however he felt no pain.
He spun around.
Rika fell to her knees, crying out in pain.
"You allright!"gasped Joey.
"I would worry more about the stronger monsters if I were you. Now, since you lost
a monster, coffin seller strikes at you again"
Joey's lifepoints fell to twenty six hundred.
Joey drew, with the nightmare wheel doing a full turn. Joey's lifepoints dropping to twenty one hundred.
"I end my turn"
The hand from the cemetary came out, and took another one of Joey's monsters. His lifepoints dropped
to eighteen hundred.
Yami Malik drew.
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"Damn it, the boy will be gone long before Ra can be played"
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"Riquote Devil gains another seven hundred points. Now attack Alligator's Sword!"
The monster was shattered, this time Henry falling down in pain. He felt like his gut would explode.
Joey's lifepoints dropped to eleven hundred.
"Coffin Seeler takes another three hundred lifepoints away from you"
Joey's lifepoints dropped to eight hundred. He drew, with nightmare wheel spinning again.
Now Joey was down to three hundred.
"Joey's finished"thought Yugi.
Joey smiled.
"Now I play the magic card Reloaded, allowing me to shuffle my graveyard"
Yami Malik laughed.
"Yes? And?"
"And now I play the magic card Question. You have to guess the bottom monster in my graveyard. If not,
it's summoned"
"How should I know!"
"Too bad, so now, I summon Jinzo!"
The artificial humnanoid appeared, it's strength at 2400.
"Now all of your trap cards are gone!"
All the traps were destroyed, with Rocket Warrior coming back to Joey.
"Now I have Rocket warrior switch to Invincible mode and strike, making our monster's powers equal"
Both monsters stood at twenty four hundred.
"Now Jinzo, attack his monster!"
Both monsters were destroyed. Yami Malik held his arm in pain while Takato suffered next.
"Sorry, I have to do this"thought Joey.
"Now I play Monster Reborn to revive Jinzo. Attack his lifepoints!"
Yami Malik stood his ground from the attack, his lifepoints down to thriteen hundred.
"Allright! He can do it now!"cheered Henry.
Yami Malik drew.
"I play Magic card Exastion. Discarding two cards, I an bring back one of my magic cards, Monster Reborn.
Next, I revive My Egyptian God card, the Winged Dragon of ra!"
The mighty dragon appeared, however Joey snickered as the monster's stats were at zero.
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"At last"
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"Joey, don't underestimate that thing!"gasped Henry.
"Now for Ra's invincible Phoinex form"
"WHAT!"
"By giving up one thousand lifepoints, Ra can automaticly destroy all your monsters"
The blast engulfed both of Joey's monsters, making him and Henry suffer the pain. Henry was spitting blood from his mouth,
while Joey felt like he was on fire. The monster soon vanished, however he felt no pain.
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Alice's scream was muffled.
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"Magic cards only work for one turn on an egyptian god card, so Ra is gone, of course you my friend
won't make it"said Yami Malik, Joey behind a cloud of smoke.
Realizing he could win this all right then and there, Joey kept himself up despite the pain.
Yami Malik gasped as he saw Joey standing.
"NO!"
"JOEY!"cheered everyone from the sidelines.
Joey weakly drew, his arm trembiling. He could collapse at any second, he really wanted
to just faint but first thing was first.
"I s-sumon Gearfried the-
Before he could even slap the card down, he collapsed.
"JOEY!"gasped Yami.
Mokuba ran over to him to check, his eyes widening.
Yami Malik was scared out of his wits, now he relaxed.
"Mokuba, what's wrong with him?"asked Serenity.
"Joey, he, he's not breathing"
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"What are ya doing with those kids Malik!"demanded Joey.
Yami Malik took out his rod and licked it.
"Not good for your health"said Joey.
"Don't tell him that, he might've died and saved us all some trouble"said Tristan.
Yami Malik spit on the ground.
"Please, wishful thinking is for the desperate. Now then, it would be unfair and rude of me if I dueled you
normaly while everyone else is in a shadow game wouldn't it? Since the four way only detirmined the order of
players I didn't bother. However this is a diffrent story Joey Wheeler"
Yami stood in front of the tamers.
"Leave them out of this Malik!"growled Yami.
"But it's so much fun, no one ruins my fun. Just look at you now, wait until you lose four more
friends"said Yami Malik putting four of his fingers up consecutively.
"Don't worry Yug, I wanted to duel him, for Mai, for Alice, and for you. I swore I would always be there
for ya, and I'm gonna prove it by beating this guy for ya"said Joey.
Before Yami could respond, a thick Black cloud surrounded the entire arena. Joey spun towards Yami Malik.
"The name of this game is called Share the pain. Everytime a monster is destroyed or fails an attack, either you
or one of those three suffer the pain"said Yami Malik pointing to Henry and the others.
"No way!"they gasped.
"If it's one of my monsters, either I take the damage, or"said Yami Malik pausing.
"Or who!"said Joey.
"That nice girl Alice. She's in pain beyond her wildest dreams allready, I say the more the merrier, or even
Mai"
"Leave them alone! They never did anything to you"yelled Yami.
"This is between you and me Malik so I'll take all the pain"
"Too late, the game's been inciated"said Yami Malik activating his Dueldisk.
"Besides, it's time to duel"
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The being was shifting forms more slowly though only by a few seconds.
"The duel will begin shortly. I just hope the inferior one pushes for the summoning of Ra"
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Joey activated his DuelDisk as well.
"Allright tough guy, let's duel!"
Their lifepoints started at Four thousand and both drew their opening hands. Yami Malik had a large smile
on his face.
"This will be most fun. Beating Joey Wheeler will be simple, however torturing him and those brats will be such fun,
especialy since the pharoah suffers at such sights. They will all know suffering not by meaning or by word, but for
what it truly is"he thought.
Yami Malik drew.
Kaiba watched intently. He just wanted to see Ra again so he could find out more about it's powers.
"You seem nervous"said Yami Malik to a trembiling Joey.
Joey looked behind him at the tamers, and also thought about Mai and Alice.
"Aw man, I don't know if I can go through with this"thought Joey.
Henry stepped forward.
"Listen, go ahead. Malik's allready tortured us, we can take anything else he can throw. Just beat the
no good bastard"said Henry.
Joey and the others were quite suprised, Yami Malik even though to a lesser extent, he still had that smile.
Joey nodded.
"I'm sorry Mai, Alice, but in order to save ya, you'll have to suffer some more"thought Joey.
"Malik, when I win this, you had better release your spell on Alice and Mai!"said Joey.
Yami Malik shrugged.
"Whatever you wish"said Yami Malik.
He looked through his hand.
"Aw, the pain will begin allready"said Yami Malik.
Joey said nothing.
"Joey better know what he's doing out there against Malik"thought Yugi.
"I place three cards face down and summon Dark Javolete"
The blue two headed creature was buff with four legs. It's stats showed as 1200/1000.
Joey drew.
"Sorry guys, but I'm gonna have to cause you all lot's of pain. But if I win, it won't matter"thought Joey.
"I summon Alligator's Sword!"
The Gator stood on two legs, with Black armor on it's chest and head, with a long, sharp sword.
It's stats showed as 1500/1200.
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"About time the match began. C'mon Joey, last the bout. I need Ra to be played as many times as possible"
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"Alligator's Sword, attack!"
"What's Joey doing!"thought Henry.
However to his suprise, the attack came through, no face down cards triggering.
Yami Malik held his chest as the monster was destroyed, his lifepoints dropping to
thirty seven hundred.
"Wait a second, Dark Javelote's special effect lowers an opponent's monster's power. Why didn't
he use it?"thought Henry.
Yami Malik simply smiled.
"A small price to pay"said Yami Malik drawing.
"Now I play Monster Reborn, a magic card that can revive any monster in the graveyard"
"I know what it does"said Joey.
"My apoligies, I was positive basic dueling skills were beyond you"
"Watch it!"said Joey.
"Now, as I was saying, I'll use it to revie Dark Javolant back to the field. The I activate the trap
card Invisible soldier, allowing me to summon a monster, so I summon Labravo"
The machine with drill's on it's face and hands had stats of 1600/1200.
"Now I sacrafice my monsters to summon Heolpemer"
The Black alien like creature had a huge red circle in the middle of it's body.
It's stats showed as 2000/2000.
"Don't worry sacraficing monsters won't cause pain to anyone. Consider it a farewell gift"
"Shut up"said Joey drawing.
Joey ignored the fact that Yami Malik could've attacked him as he drew his next card.
"I summon Rocket Warrior!"
The Green rocket had arms, legs, and a face with small beaty eyes and a line for a mouth, as well
as a spike on it's helmet.
"Now I switch Rocket Warrior to invincible mode, so when it strikes your monster it'll lose five hundred
points"
The monster's defense was now fifteen hundred.
"Then comes the magic card Legendary Blade, giving Alligator's Sword eight hundred extra attack points,
making it's power twenty two hundred. Attack!"
The monster was gone, however Yami Malik felt no pain.
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Mai gave off a scream of pain in her sleep.
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"Too bad for Mai"said Yami Malik.
Joey was getting pissed to say the least.
"Now comes my monster's special effect. It transforms into the Poet of Hell and goes into your graveyard"
"My graveyard!"gasped Joey.
A spirit like beam went into his Dueldisk.
"Now comes the trap card Coffin Seller. Whenever one of your monsters goes to the graveyard,
you lose three hundred lifepoints. With Poet in Hell, at the end of all your turns it randoml discards one
card from youre had. If it's monster, Coffin Seller costs you three hundred lifepoints"
Joey was freaked out even more as a hand came from his graveyard and discarded his Insect Queen.
Joey's lifepoints dropped to Thirty Seven hundred, equaling Yami Malik's.
"You're lucky you never summoned that monster, otherwise it would
bring pain"said Yami Malik drawing.
He smiled.
"I play Burried Offering. Removing a card from either your graveyard or mine, or one of
each if needed, I can summon a high level monster. So now I summon Richoete devil"
The giant Blue buff creature was a disturbing sight for Joey even though he saw it during Mai's duel.
It's stats showed as 1500/1800.
"I end turn"
Joey drew.
"Enough of this, it's time I stopped this whole thing"he thought.
"First I summon Tiny Guardian!"
The little Black creature was covered in heavy armor and held a tiny sword. It's stats showed
as 1400/1800.
"Now Rocket Warrior, attack!"
"Sorry, the torture continues. I activate Nightmare Wheel, trapping your monster and lowering your lifepoints
by five hundred when your turn begins"
"Damn it, you asshole!"yelled Joey.
"Is there anyone who can beat Malik?"asked Henry.
"Tell me about it"said Rika.
Rocket Warrior was binded onto the wheel, and despite it's struggles could not break free.
"I end turn"
The hand came back up and discarded another one of Joey's cards, Skull Dice.
"HA! No monster!"said Joey.
Yami Malik ignored it as he drew.
"Richoet Devil's power rises by Seven hundred every round"
"What! I can't believe I forgot that!"thought Joey.
The monster's power now stood at twenty two hundred.
"Attack his Tiny Guardian!"
It was slashed through, Joey's lifepoints dropping to twenty nine hundred, however he felt no pain.
He spun around.
Rika fell to her knees, crying out in pain.
"You allright!"gasped Joey.
"I would worry more about the stronger monsters if I were you. Now, since you lost
a monster, coffin seller strikes at you again"
Joey's lifepoints fell to twenty six hundred.
Joey drew, with the nightmare wheel doing a full turn. Joey's lifepoints dropping to twenty one hundred.
"I end my turn"
The hand from the cemetary came out, and took another one of Joey's monsters. His lifepoints dropped
to eighteen hundred.
Yami Malik drew.
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"Damn it, the boy will be gone long before Ra can be played"
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"Riquote Devil gains another seven hundred points. Now attack Alligator's Sword!"
The monster was shattered, this time Henry falling down in pain. He felt like his gut would explode.
Joey's lifepoints dropped to eleven hundred.
"Coffin Seeler takes another three hundred lifepoints away from you"
Joey's lifepoints dropped to eight hundred. He drew, with nightmare wheel spinning again.
Now Joey was down to three hundred.
"Joey's finished"thought Yugi.
Joey smiled.
"Now I play the magic card Reloaded, allowing me to shuffle my graveyard"
Yami Malik laughed.
"Yes? And?"
"And now I play the magic card Question. You have to guess the bottom monster in my graveyard. If not,
it's summoned"
"How should I know!"
"Too bad, so now, I summon Jinzo!"
The artificial humnanoid appeared, it's strength at 2400.
"Now all of your trap cards are gone!"
All the traps were destroyed, with Rocket Warrior coming back to Joey.
"Now I have Rocket warrior switch to Invincible mode and strike, making our monster's powers equal"
Both monsters stood at twenty four hundred.
"Now Jinzo, attack his monster!"
Both monsters were destroyed. Yami Malik held his arm in pain while Takato suffered next.
"Sorry, I have to do this"thought Joey.
"Now I play Monster Reborn to revive Jinzo. Attack his lifepoints!"
Yami Malik stood his ground from the attack, his lifepoints down to thriteen hundred.
"Allright! He can do it now!"cheered Henry.
Yami Malik drew.
"I play Magic card Exastion. Discarding two cards, I an bring back one of my magic cards, Monster Reborn.
Next, I revive My Egyptian God card, the Winged Dragon of ra!"
The mighty dragon appeared, however Joey snickered as the monster's stats were at zero.
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"At last"
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"Joey, don't underestimate that thing!"gasped Henry.
"Now for Ra's invincible Phoinex form"
"WHAT!"
"By giving up one thousand lifepoints, Ra can automaticly destroy all your monsters"
The blast engulfed both of Joey's monsters, making him and Henry suffer the pain. Henry was spitting blood from his mouth,
while Joey felt like he was on fire. The monster soon vanished, however he felt no pain.
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Alice's scream was muffled.
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"Magic cards only work for one turn on an egyptian god card, so Ra is gone, of course you my friend
won't make it"said Yami Malik, Joey behind a cloud of smoke.
Realizing he could win this all right then and there, Joey kept himself up despite the pain.
Yami Malik gasped as he saw Joey standing.
"NO!"
"JOEY!"cheered everyone from the sidelines.
Joey weakly drew, his arm trembiling. He could collapse at any second, he really wanted
to just faint but first thing was first.
"I s-sumon Gearfried the-
Before he could even slap the card down, he collapsed.
"JOEY!"gasped Yami.
Mokuba ran over to him to check, his eyes widening.
Yami Malik was scared out of his wits, now he relaxed.
"Mokuba, what's wrong with him?"asked Serenity.
"Joey, he, he's not breathing"
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