Chapter 4: Halloween Invitation
"They've been gone a real long time. Shouldn't they have been back by now?" Yugi wondered. "Don't worry Yuge, you know how long women take in the bathroom. They're probably fixing their hair." Joey said while laughing. Both Tea and Mai got really annoyed at Joey's response. "For your information Joey, it takes me only a half hour to get ready. You're the one who's in the shower singing for about two hours." Mai told her husband. "Mai that was supposed to be a secret." Joey said embarrassed while everyone was laughing at him. The constant laughter had woken up Aiko, Aaron, and Melissa who were sleeping on the couch.
"How was the concert?" Aiko asked. "Yea did we miss anything cool?" Melissa asked. Yugi and the others looked at the kids who all wanted to know about the concert. Just as they were about to answer, when the door flew open. "Katrina, Blossom? What's going on?" Mokuba asked. Katrina and Blossom took a moment to catch their breath. "It's Leona. Marik has her trapped in the lady's room." Katrina finally answered. The others wasted no time in heading out the door. "Melissa, you and the other kids stay here." Kaiba told his daughter. "I wanna go with you. I wanna help mommy." Melissa said. "It's too dangerous for the three of you." Yugi told her. "C'mon Dad please? We promise we won't get in the way." Aaron told Joey. "Yea we'll be real careful." Aiko said. "Alright fine you kids can come, but stay close to us." Kaiba told the kids. The kids started to cheer and left with the others.
Meanwhile, Leona had broken free from Marik's grasp, but she still couldn't escape with the strange barrier around the door. Her millennium bracelet is protecting her for the moment, but once the millennium rod activates, her bracelet will be powerless. (I can't hold out much longer, but I've got to try.) Leona thought. "I can sense the power of your millennium bracelet is growing weak, which means your strength is weakening as well." Marik told her as he pointed the millennium rod at her. Leona quickly moved away before the affects of the millennium rod could affect. It was like a continuous game of 'cat and mouse'. "You'll have to do better than that if you want my bracelet." Leona said.
Leona suddenly screamed in pain and collapsed on the floor. What had caused Leona to faint was a duel monster, an Electric Lizard to be exact. "You should really keep your captives under control." Said a voice. "Well it's about time you showed up, Bakura. I hope you retrieved my Winged Dragon of Ra from Yugi's pathetic grandfather." Marik said. "Of course I did. I'm not known as a master thief for nothing." Bakura told him as he handed Marik his God card. "That just leaves Slifer the Sky Dragon and Obelisk the Tormentor and then I'll have the pharaoh's limitless powers." Marik said. (And you'll be right by my side as my queen, Leona whether you like it or not.) Marik thought as he stared at Leona on the floor.
Outside the lady's room, "There's no way to get in. The door's locked." Joey said. (Yugi I sense a strange force near.) Yami told Yugi. "I know it's coming from the door. I think there's some kind of barrier around it." Yugi said. The millennium puzzle started to glow brightly and the barrier disappeared. The door was opened and everyone went inside. They were really surprised to see Bakura helping out Marik. (It's the spirit of the millennium ring, but I thought we got rid of him a long time ago.) Yugi thought. "Well, look who's finally here." Marik taunted. Kaiba saw Leona on the floor unconscious. "Marik, if you harmed Leona I swear I'll kill you." Kaiba threatened. Marik just laughed and replied, "You fools can't threaten me. Don't worry, Leona is perfectly safe, but I can't say the same for any of you." "What do you mean by that Marik?" Yugi asked. Marik showed everyone that he had the Winged Dragon of Ra card in his hand. (That's impossible, Grandpa kept that card in a safe place and I gave Slifer to Aiko and Obelisk to Melissa.) Yugi thought surprised.
"Are you surprised Yugi? You'll be more surprised when I release Ra from its card prison." Bakura said as his millennium ring started to glow bringing the Winged Dragon of Ra to life. "This can't be good. How are we supposed to beat that?" Blossom asked. "With the other God cards, Auntie Blossom." Melissa answered as she and Aiko took out their decks and duel disks. They both placed the two remaining God cards on the duel disks. The floor started to shake as the two God cards started to emerge. "There's no way you can beat Aiko and Melissa's God cards." Aaron cheered.
"Foolish children, but thanks anyway for revealing them to me." Marik told them. "You're not gonna get our God cards, but you are gonna be attacked by it. Go Slifer attack now!" Aiko commanded. Slifer attack headed straight for Ra, but the attack was absorbed and was redirected at Slifer. Aiko fell to her knees and said, "I don't get it that was supposed to work." Melissa rushed over to friend. "Maybe I should attack with Obelisk." Melissa thought. "No that won't help. You'll be in the same position as Aiko." Kaiba told his daughter. "But, then how do we help mom?" Melissa asked as she put Obelisk back into her deck. "I suggest you give up now and hand over the remaining God cards and the millennium puzzle." Marik ordered.
(There's just gotta be a way to beat that card.) Melissa thought as she drew from her deck. (My Blue-Eyes White Dragon, how's that gonna help.) Melissa thought. Suddenly the millennium bracelet started to glow even if Leona was still unconscious. The Blue-Eyes White Dragon card in Melissa's hand started to glow just like Marik's God card did. In front of everyone now is a life-size Blue-Eyes White Dragon. Everyone was in complete shock as they saw the Blue-Eyes White Dragon destroy the Winged Dragon of Ra in a single blow. "What that's impossible, no monster can destroy my great beast." Marik said in surprise as he saw his God being destroyed.
(They may have defeated my God card, but at least I know where the other two remaining Egyptian God cards are now. And they won't stop me from taking you, Leona.) Marik thought as he walked towards her. The Blue- Eyes White Dragon instantly reacted as it saw Marik nearing Leona. The dragon quickly flew in front of Leona, protecting her from Marik. The dragon was about to attack, but the millennium ring teleported Bakura and Marik away from the attack. "Next time you won't be so lucky." Marik's voice said echoing in the wind.
The Blue-Eyes White Dragon disappeared into a ball of light and returned as a card. "That was real cool." Aaron said happily. "I wonder how that happened." Mai wondered. "Who knows? But it looks like Marik and Bakura are gone now." Joey said. Kaiba rushed over to Leon, followed by the others. "Leona, are you ok?" Kaiba asked. "Yea, come on mommy wake up." Melissa told her mother. Leona slowly opened her eyes and saw her family and friends smiling at her. She smiled at them and asked, "Did I miss anything interesting?" "We'll explain later, we're just glad you're safe." Katrina answered. Kaiba helped Leona off the floor and everyone headed out. It didn't take long for everyone to say good bye as they headed home.
Katrina and Blossom explained everything to Leona and Leona was really surprised. Leona offered Katrina and Blossom to stay at the Kaiba mansion and they happily accepted. Once they arrived at the mansion, they noticed an invitation on the door. "I wonder what this is." Leona thought as she opened the invitation. "This looks like an invitation to a Halloween party. It's being held at Duelist Kingdom on October 31. Looks like Pegasus is hosting this whole thing. I thought he disappeared or something." Leona told the others.
"Can we go please?" Melissa begged. "Well, I'm not too sure, what do you think Seto. You knew Pegasus more than any of us." Leona told Kaiba. "And my answer is we're not going." Kaiba stated. "What? Why not?" Melissa asked a little disappointed. "The last thing I want is to see that man again. He almost killed me and Mokuba." Kaiba answered. "But that was so long ago, Seto. Pegasus is probably throwing this party to apologize or to be recognized again." Mokuba told his brother. "Fine, we'll go, but everyone should be on guard." Kaiba said. As everyone went inside and got settled, Leona phoned Yugi and the others. She found out that they also got the same invitation. (I just hope this isn't a trap. With Marik out there who knows what will happen? Maybe we do need a little fun, so I guess going to that party is a good idea. We're just going to have to be real careful.) Leona thought.
"They've been gone a real long time. Shouldn't they have been back by now?" Yugi wondered. "Don't worry Yuge, you know how long women take in the bathroom. They're probably fixing their hair." Joey said while laughing. Both Tea and Mai got really annoyed at Joey's response. "For your information Joey, it takes me only a half hour to get ready. You're the one who's in the shower singing for about two hours." Mai told her husband. "Mai that was supposed to be a secret." Joey said embarrassed while everyone was laughing at him. The constant laughter had woken up Aiko, Aaron, and Melissa who were sleeping on the couch.
"How was the concert?" Aiko asked. "Yea did we miss anything cool?" Melissa asked. Yugi and the others looked at the kids who all wanted to know about the concert. Just as they were about to answer, when the door flew open. "Katrina, Blossom? What's going on?" Mokuba asked. Katrina and Blossom took a moment to catch their breath. "It's Leona. Marik has her trapped in the lady's room." Katrina finally answered. The others wasted no time in heading out the door. "Melissa, you and the other kids stay here." Kaiba told his daughter. "I wanna go with you. I wanna help mommy." Melissa said. "It's too dangerous for the three of you." Yugi told her. "C'mon Dad please? We promise we won't get in the way." Aaron told Joey. "Yea we'll be real careful." Aiko said. "Alright fine you kids can come, but stay close to us." Kaiba told the kids. The kids started to cheer and left with the others.
Meanwhile, Leona had broken free from Marik's grasp, but she still couldn't escape with the strange barrier around the door. Her millennium bracelet is protecting her for the moment, but once the millennium rod activates, her bracelet will be powerless. (I can't hold out much longer, but I've got to try.) Leona thought. "I can sense the power of your millennium bracelet is growing weak, which means your strength is weakening as well." Marik told her as he pointed the millennium rod at her. Leona quickly moved away before the affects of the millennium rod could affect. It was like a continuous game of 'cat and mouse'. "You'll have to do better than that if you want my bracelet." Leona said.
Leona suddenly screamed in pain and collapsed on the floor. What had caused Leona to faint was a duel monster, an Electric Lizard to be exact. "You should really keep your captives under control." Said a voice. "Well it's about time you showed up, Bakura. I hope you retrieved my Winged Dragon of Ra from Yugi's pathetic grandfather." Marik said. "Of course I did. I'm not known as a master thief for nothing." Bakura told him as he handed Marik his God card. "That just leaves Slifer the Sky Dragon and Obelisk the Tormentor and then I'll have the pharaoh's limitless powers." Marik said. (And you'll be right by my side as my queen, Leona whether you like it or not.) Marik thought as he stared at Leona on the floor.
Outside the lady's room, "There's no way to get in. The door's locked." Joey said. (Yugi I sense a strange force near.) Yami told Yugi. "I know it's coming from the door. I think there's some kind of barrier around it." Yugi said. The millennium puzzle started to glow brightly and the barrier disappeared. The door was opened and everyone went inside. They were really surprised to see Bakura helping out Marik. (It's the spirit of the millennium ring, but I thought we got rid of him a long time ago.) Yugi thought. "Well, look who's finally here." Marik taunted. Kaiba saw Leona on the floor unconscious. "Marik, if you harmed Leona I swear I'll kill you." Kaiba threatened. Marik just laughed and replied, "You fools can't threaten me. Don't worry, Leona is perfectly safe, but I can't say the same for any of you." "What do you mean by that Marik?" Yugi asked. Marik showed everyone that he had the Winged Dragon of Ra card in his hand. (That's impossible, Grandpa kept that card in a safe place and I gave Slifer to Aiko and Obelisk to Melissa.) Yugi thought surprised.
"Are you surprised Yugi? You'll be more surprised when I release Ra from its card prison." Bakura said as his millennium ring started to glow bringing the Winged Dragon of Ra to life. "This can't be good. How are we supposed to beat that?" Blossom asked. "With the other God cards, Auntie Blossom." Melissa answered as she and Aiko took out their decks and duel disks. They both placed the two remaining God cards on the duel disks. The floor started to shake as the two God cards started to emerge. "There's no way you can beat Aiko and Melissa's God cards." Aaron cheered.
"Foolish children, but thanks anyway for revealing them to me." Marik told them. "You're not gonna get our God cards, but you are gonna be attacked by it. Go Slifer attack now!" Aiko commanded. Slifer attack headed straight for Ra, but the attack was absorbed and was redirected at Slifer. Aiko fell to her knees and said, "I don't get it that was supposed to work." Melissa rushed over to friend. "Maybe I should attack with Obelisk." Melissa thought. "No that won't help. You'll be in the same position as Aiko." Kaiba told his daughter. "But, then how do we help mom?" Melissa asked as she put Obelisk back into her deck. "I suggest you give up now and hand over the remaining God cards and the millennium puzzle." Marik ordered.
(There's just gotta be a way to beat that card.) Melissa thought as she drew from her deck. (My Blue-Eyes White Dragon, how's that gonna help.) Melissa thought. Suddenly the millennium bracelet started to glow even if Leona was still unconscious. The Blue-Eyes White Dragon card in Melissa's hand started to glow just like Marik's God card did. In front of everyone now is a life-size Blue-Eyes White Dragon. Everyone was in complete shock as they saw the Blue-Eyes White Dragon destroy the Winged Dragon of Ra in a single blow. "What that's impossible, no monster can destroy my great beast." Marik said in surprise as he saw his God being destroyed.
(They may have defeated my God card, but at least I know where the other two remaining Egyptian God cards are now. And they won't stop me from taking you, Leona.) Marik thought as he walked towards her. The Blue- Eyes White Dragon instantly reacted as it saw Marik nearing Leona. The dragon quickly flew in front of Leona, protecting her from Marik. The dragon was about to attack, but the millennium ring teleported Bakura and Marik away from the attack. "Next time you won't be so lucky." Marik's voice said echoing in the wind.
The Blue-Eyes White Dragon disappeared into a ball of light and returned as a card. "That was real cool." Aaron said happily. "I wonder how that happened." Mai wondered. "Who knows? But it looks like Marik and Bakura are gone now." Joey said. Kaiba rushed over to Leon, followed by the others. "Leona, are you ok?" Kaiba asked. "Yea, come on mommy wake up." Melissa told her mother. Leona slowly opened her eyes and saw her family and friends smiling at her. She smiled at them and asked, "Did I miss anything interesting?" "We'll explain later, we're just glad you're safe." Katrina answered. Kaiba helped Leona off the floor and everyone headed out. It didn't take long for everyone to say good bye as they headed home.
Katrina and Blossom explained everything to Leona and Leona was really surprised. Leona offered Katrina and Blossom to stay at the Kaiba mansion and they happily accepted. Once they arrived at the mansion, they noticed an invitation on the door. "I wonder what this is." Leona thought as she opened the invitation. "This looks like an invitation to a Halloween party. It's being held at Duelist Kingdom on October 31. Looks like Pegasus is hosting this whole thing. I thought he disappeared or something." Leona told the others.
"Can we go please?" Melissa begged. "Well, I'm not too sure, what do you think Seto. You knew Pegasus more than any of us." Leona told Kaiba. "And my answer is we're not going." Kaiba stated. "What? Why not?" Melissa asked a little disappointed. "The last thing I want is to see that man again. He almost killed me and Mokuba." Kaiba answered. "But that was so long ago, Seto. Pegasus is probably throwing this party to apologize or to be recognized again." Mokuba told his brother. "Fine, we'll go, but everyone should be on guard." Kaiba said. As everyone went inside and got settled, Leona phoned Yugi and the others. She found out that they also got the same invitation. (I just hope this isn't a trap. With Marik out there who knows what will happen? Maybe we do need a little fun, so I guess going to that party is a good idea. We're just going to have to be real careful.) Leona thought.
