Yugi stared in disbelief at the card he drew. The name of the card, it was the Heart of the Cards. Yugi stared at the card his mind racing.

'What is this? Could the Heart of the Cards be made into a Magic Card?'

Yami stared at Yugi with his head tilted to the side. When he noticed Yugi was staring at him, he grinned and put his head back upright.

"Come now Yugi. Before we get old."

"Now I activate this Card!"

Yugi watched as his Deck glowed with a yellow light. The Deck then Split and the cards turned away looking toward Yami. They split individually and spread out in front of Yugi blocking his view.

"Well Yugi it looks like you played Heart of the Cards. This allows you to draw one card from your deck without looking at it. So chose Yugi."

Yugi couldn't see past his cards to see Yami, but he knew what he had to draw.

"I will draw my final Exodia piece and destroy you!"

"I think not Yugi. You have close to no chance of drawing your card."

"It will be drawn Yami!"

"Then finish your turn Yugi."

Yugi stack out his hand to grab a card... and hesitated.

'This is harder then drawing from the top of my deck. At least then I knew my deck was in charge of handing me the correct card to seal my fate. This... I'm in charge of my fate. I wish... I wish... Yami was here. My Yami. The one I've known. Fighting this shadow of him. It stings the gap in my mind you left there Yami. I need... your help. This could be foolish, maybe I'm just thinking out loud to myself, but if you could help me... I would appreciate it.'

Yugi felt a warmth rush threw him breaking through the darkness pressuring his soul.

'Thank you Yami.'

Yugi reached out and almost felt another hand on his as he reached forward. He was guided to the right and he chose he card. The deck vanished and then returned to normal at his side, but he still held the card that he now was looking at.

"Ha! You failed in your draw! The Exodia is still in your deck!"

"Yes Yami, but I drew something better. Allow me to introduce you to... Premature Burial!"

"No it can't be! You can't have!"

"I have! Now..."

Yugi looked over at Marik.

"Watch closely as your card destroys your only attachment to survival."

"Err."

Yugi turned back to Yami.

"Now I give 800 life points to summon Winged Dragon of Ra! Come now and bring me victory!"

Yami stared at the God as it arose.

"No it can't... that my god Yugi!"

"And it will destroy you. Winged Dragon of Ra! Attack his witch now!"

"Activate trap! Negate Attack!"

"You should know better then me that that kind of trap has no effect on Ra! Go now and destroy him!"

The beam hit Yami at full force after crashing through his witch. Yami gagged and his eyes went wide with pain. The ball of energy flung Yami out away from the arena and blasted him into the wall. He fell into a crumple at the foot of his Dueling area and stayed there motionless. His life point clicked to zero and the holograms disappeared.

"I win Yami."

"Yes, Yugi you did."

Yami stood up his cloak hiding his body. His eyes glowed intensely and he turned his eyes to the dueling arena. The arena shook and went back into the floor. Yugi quickly grabbed Ra and jumped off his platform. When he hit the ground, the top of the dueling arena was vanishing into the floor. With a rumble the chamber was empty again with no trace of a duel.

"You surprise me Yugi. You truly are my other 'nakaba'. My other half Yugi. If you joined me I could strengthen your Shadow powers! Perhaps even draw forth your Dark Spirit! We could rule the world together!"

"Never Yami! I will banish you to the shadows and your reign over this land will be no more!"

"If that's how you feel 'Nakaba'. Banish me."

"As you wish."

Yugi threw forward his hand and attempted to blast away Yami's soul.

"Not that easy my 'Nakaba'!

Yami threw his arm out of his cloak to reveal the Millennium Rod. It glowed with a gold light and created a barrier around Yami, protecting him from the blast. Yugi stepped back in surprise... right into 3 sets of arms. Yugi struggled but Marik and Kaiba held Yugi down by the shoulders and Shadi grabbed his coat and threw him into the ground. Yugi kneeled looking angrily at Yami.

"Now my 'Nakaba' I will present you with my generous offer again. Join me and rule the world by my side."

"Never."

Yami shrugged his shoulders and turned away from Yugi.

"You are just like my Hikari. A fool but a noble fool."

Yami sighed and shifted his weight.

"Fine. My body may be to week from a shadow game loss to banish you, but I do hold all of the millennium items scratch one. That will be enough."

Yami looked back at Yugi with and evil grin.

"Maybe I will bring you back for a rematch. A couple of years in the shadows should change your outlook on my offer."

Yami pointed the rod at Yugi. The Millennium items rushed out of Yami's cloak and glowed circling the rod by themselves spinning rapidly and generating massive power. Yugi turned his head away.

'I... failed? If I was just stronger...'

Tears streamed down Yugi's face.

'I failed everyone! All of my friends, family, the world!'

Yugi let out a sob and Yami laughed at it.

"Come now Yugi. Face death like a man."

Yugi turned toward Yami tears vanishing from his eyes.

"You sick bastard."

Yami laughed and pointed the rod at Yugi's heart.

"It is over Yugi. The world will soon be mine."