Everyone except Kaiba and Yami Malik followed as Joey was taken to the medical room.

"Damn it Joey, you better wake up!"yelled Tristan.

Joey wasn't faring too well, the resperator seemed to do little but give a small limpse of hope for

Joey. He wasn't even concious.

"Joey! C'mon, wake up!"cried Serenity.

"Fuck, this is my fault. I should've killed myself and that damn god card the instant I got it.

Because of me and that card, people have suffered, and people have been killed. It's because of me,

I'm supposed to protect yet I kill instead"said Henry.

"Snap out of it Henry, there was nothing you could do. What happened happened"said Rika.

"No, this is all my fault. I, I can't be forgiven for this. ARGH!"

Henry stomped out of the room, Rika and Henry following.

"Joey, this is wrong. It's not fair! Joey had Malik beat, that cheater

screwed Joey and now Joey's, no! I can't, I failed to protect him"

Yami walked out of the room, tears falling fastly.

Yami fell to his knees. Tea tried to come and comfort him but he yelled at her to stay back, which she did.

Everyone else was in there mourning Henry.

The announcement that the next duel will begin in five minutes went throughout, yet no one payed attention

except Yami. He looked at his dueldisk, he couldn't fight.

He pushed the button releasing the dueldisk and fell to his knees.

"I can't go on. It dosen't matter anymore. Once I beat Malik, then what? I have nothing leaft. So many have suffered

because of this battle, winning the battle won't erase that"thought Yugi.

He, for the first time in awhile, began crying. He slammed his head against the wall twice.

"JOEY!"he screamed.

He fell face first. The pain took over, imobilizing his entire body.

He grabbed at his head, screaming again.

"Pharoah"

Yami looked up, it was Shadi. Yami stood up and grabbed him by the collar, which didn't seem to

suprise Shadi at all, his face remained nuetral.

"YOU! Are you happy now damn you! I fought your damn battle long enough!"yelled Yami.

Shadi took out the millenium necklace and put it on Yami's neck. Yami was furious that Shadi

had payed ne heed to his words and was ready to slug him when a flash of light blinded him.

He saw of vision of him and Joey in an alleyway, Dueldisks activated.

"Let's duel!"they both said.

The vision ended, Yami's eyes widening. He put Shadi down.

"Is this, the future?"he asked.

"Only if you win this tournament. If not, this whole world will be nothing but a Black hell.

The choice to fight is yours"

Shadi vanished.

Yami stood up. He walked into the room, Joey's condition no better.

"Stay by him, I must duel, for Joey, and for you all. I know Joey will make it"

Yami walked out with that.

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"Ah, Yugi vs Kaiba. Yes, I need more power"

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With his tears wiped away, Yami walked out to face Kaiba. They shuffled eachother's decks then took their places

at the arena.

"I've been waiting a long time for this match Yugi. Don't dissapoint me"siad Kaiba.

Yami nodded.

"I have no choice, I have to use the Sky dragon to win Battle City. It's the only monster

I have that can beat Malik's Winged Dragon"thought Yugi.

They activated their dueldisks.

"Duel!"

Their lifepoints started at four thousand each, and they drew their opening hands.

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Henry slammed his fist on the wall.

"That damn Malik! Damn Winged Dragon!"

Rika sighed.

"Bakura, you died because of me, not Henry. I'll never forgive myself, or Malik"thought Rika.

"Malik's played with us like toys, I'll never forgive him"thought Takato.

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Yami drew.

"I place one card face down and summon Queen's Knight"

The blond warrior wore pink armor with a silver sword. It's stats were

shown as 1500/1600.

Kaiba drew.

"I place two cards face down and summon X Head cannon"

The giant yellow mechanical head had two large metal arms. It's stats showed as 1800/1500.

"Attack his Knight!"

"Activate trap card, Spell Binding Circle!"

A circle with spheres at each angel trapped Kaiba's monster, the creature unable to

break free with it's futile struggle.

"Your monster is trapped and loses seven hundred attack points"

X Head Cannon's points were now only at eleven hundred.

Yami drew.

"Now I summon King's Knight!"

The warrior was covered in Black armor with a much longer sword then that

of Queen's Knight. It's stats showed as 1600/1400.

"When both are on the field, I can automaticly summon Jack's Knight".

The much younger warrior had much heavier purple armor. It's stats showed as 1900/1400.

"Now, Queen's Knight, attack!"

"Wrong, I activate Luring Attack armor!"

The metal armor attached to Jack's Knight.

"What!"

"This attaches to one of your monsters and and forces it to take the attack"

Queen's Knight turned around and thrust itself forward to stab Jack's Knight.

"Activate Seven tools of the Bandit! By giving up one thousand lifepoints I negate the trap"

The armor was slashed through by a switch blade, with Yami's lifepoints dropping to three thousand.

Queen's knigt went forward for another attack at X Head cannon.

"I activate Negate attack, stopping your attack!"

A shield appeared, blocking the attack.

"I end my turn"

Kaiba drew.

"First I place a card face down, then I play Z Metal Track!"

The spider like bot was in yellow armor, with stats of 1500/1300.

"Now for it's effect, discarding one card from my hand, I can automaticly summon

Y Dragon Head"

The Red metal dragon roared, with stats of 1500/1600.

"Now, I can remove them all from the game to play this, XYZ Dragon cannon!"

With X Head cannon's stomach, Y dragon head's head, and Z Metal track's legs, the creatures

were combined. It's stats showed as 2800/2600.

"I can't attack with a fusion monster right away, however I can play Enemy Controller"

A line connected to Jack's Knight, and a videogame controller appeared in Kaiba's hands.

"By paying one thousand lifepoints, I can control or destroy your knight, I think I'll destroy it!"

The monster was gone instantly, Kaiba's lifepoints dropping to three thousand to match Yami's.

Yami drew.

"Kaiba's really at his game, but so am I"thought Yugi.

"He's as good as ever, which means I'll be taking his God card"thought Kaiba.

"I play Monster Reborn, which can revive any monster, so come back Jack's Knight!"

The monster reappeared, good as new.

"Now I sacrafice all three monsters to summon the Sky dragon Slyther, or better known as Orisis"

The giant red dragon roared with might, stats of two thousand attack and defense.

Kaiba smiled.

"Now attack!"

"Activate Emergency Teleprter! It brings the monster back to my hand, leaving me unharmed"

Yami nodded, signaling the end of his turn, with Kaiba's monster reappearing.

"Now, I sacrafice my monster, made up of three creatures, so I can summon Obelisk the Tormentor!"

The nearly overwhelming god appeared, stats of four thousand attack and defense.

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The being snickered.

"The Egyptian Gods, at last are played"

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Yami Malik chuckled.

"A battle of the Gods"

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As soon as Obelisk appeared, the second set of jaws on Orisis opened up, and blasted at Obelisk. The beast was

in obvious pain, but reamined, with's it's attack equal to that of Yami's skydragon.

"Orisis's second set of jaws activated, taking two thousand points from any monster summoned"

"You're awfuly lucky that boy didn't know that, otherwise you wouldn't be here"remarked Kaiba.

Yami said nothing.

"I place a card face down to end my turn"

Yami drew.

"Now my monster has three thousand attack points, Orisis attack!"

"Activate magic card, Monster Swap!"

Obeisk and Orisis switched sides.

"What's this!"

Kaiba snickered.

"Now we've swapped monsters for this turn"said Kaiba.

Yami growled.

"I'll place two cards face down and end my turn"

I should've know beating Kaiba wouldn't be so easy"thought Yami.

Kaiba drew.

"Now I play Monster Reborn, to revive XYZ Dragon cannon!"

The monster was back at full power.

"Now since it's made up of three monsters, I can sacrafice it to deduct Obelisks's attack

from your lifepoints, however since it only has two thousand points, it won't be worth it.

However I can do this, play the magic card Michizuri of Doomed, forcing both of us to discard

two cards"

Yami did so, as did Kaiba.

"Now He can strike my monster"thought Yugi.

"Now Obelisk, attack!"

With one punch, Orisis was vanquished, lowering Yami down to two thousand lifepoints.

"Now I'll use Obelisk's effect to sacrafice my fusion monster and wipe out two thousand of your lifepoints"

The dragon dissapeared and Obeliks's fist hit, with Yami undamaged.

"WHAT!"

"I discarded Kuriboh, which uses it's special effect to block damage from one monster"

Kaiba felt rather discouraged, however shrugged.

"Go then"said Kaiba.

Yami drew.

"Now I activate Call of the Haunted, allowing me to bring a monster back for one turn, Orisis! With two

thousand points, they'll both be destroyed!"

Orisis clashed with Obelisk, and both were gone. Kaiba growled.

"Now I summon Sangan"

The small furry like creature with one eye appeared, stats of 1000/600.

"Sangan, direct attack!"

Kaiba covered himself, his lifepoints down to two thousand.

"Now I place one card face down"

Kaiba drew, and smiled.

"Now I summon Lord of Dragons in defence mode"

The mutant wizard appeared, with stats of 1200/1100.

"Then I play Flute of summoning dragon, allowing me to play up to two dragons, however I'll only

play this, my Blue Eyes!"

The mighty blue beast roared, with stats of 3000/2500.

"His Blue Eyes!"

Lord of Dragons, attack!"

Sangan was gone, leaving Yami with nineteen hundred lifepoints.

"Now direct attack Blue E-

"Activate trap card, Soul of Line. When one of my monsters is destroyed, I can pay one thousand lifepoints

to summon another one, Big Shield Gardna"

Gardna was destroyed.

Yami drew.

"Well, this is it Yugi, you fought well but now it ends"

Yami snickered.

"Sorry Kaiba, you dueled honorably but now this ends"

"Huh?"

"I play Polmerasation, fusing Buster Blader and Dark Magician to create Black Paldian!"

The Dark magician was covered in the Blader's skin. It's stats showed as 4400/3200.

"It's attack rises for every dragon on the field and graveyard. Now, attack Lord of Dragons!"

Yami launched the attack sucsessfuly. The duel was over.

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The being grew more and more.

"Perfect, my power will be limitless like my desire for revenge"

TBC

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