Chapter 9: The Pure Light

Everyone watched in surprise and shock as the three Egyptian Gods surfaced to life. "I don't know about you guys, but I say we get out off of this crazy ship." Joey said. Aaron looked at his father in surprise. "Dad, your not gonna leave Leona and everyone else. We need you." Aaron told his father. "Well……..uh………..if that's what ya want son, I'll stay. Besides I'm the only one who experienced facing Ra and almost beating that card." Joey said in triumph. "The key word in that sentence was "almost", Joey. Don't forget I faced Ra as well and neither one of us stopped that card. Yugi was the only one who stop that card." Mai said as she looked Yami still unconscious.

"This is your final chance my dear, Leona. Become my queen or I'll destroy each and every one of your pathetic friends." Marik told Leona. Leona looked at her friends and family. She looked at Yami lying unconscious in Tea's arms while she and Aiko were softly crying. She looked at Kaiba, who was lying right next to her. "Leona, no don't listen to Marik! We'd rather die than watch you be with him instead of Kaiba." Katrina told her best friend. Leona ignored Katrina's words. "Leona, you ok?" Blossom asked a little worried. (This is my entire fault. All of this is happening because of me. If I were only a little stronger, I could've stopped Marik from, from doing this. Now Yami and Seto are barely alive because of me. Well I won't lose anyone else.) Leona thought as tears came out of her eyes. "I accept." Leona whispered as she tried to control her crying. "I'll be your queen, Marik." Leona said.

Everyone was taken aback by Leona's words. "Leona, no don't do this." Katrina said. "Katrina, if I would've refused Marik would've hurt all of you and I just couldn't bare that." Leona told her best friend. "I see you finally came to your senses, Leona." Marik said to her. Leona just turned her head the other direction and saw Kaiba lying on the floor. (Seto, I'm sorry. Take care of Melissa for me. I love you Seto.) Leona thought. "Mommy, don't go!" Melissa yelled and hugged her mother. "Daddy always told me that you never gave up on anything. You always tried to find an answer to every problem." Melissa said. "She's right, Leona. You've always found a solution to every problem that you've faced. You can't just give up." Blossom said.

Leona forced a smile on her face as she heard the encouraging words from her daughter and friends. "The deals off Marik. Go find yourself another defenseless person to be your queen. Cause from now on I've stopped running from my fears, I've decided to face it head on." Leona said. Marik started to grow angry and said, "You're just as stubborn as your friends. Fine then face the wrath of the most powerful creatures in duel monsters. And I'll start by getting rid of your precious daughter." Marik said. The three Egyptian Gods obeyed their master and fired their attacks heading straight for Melissa. Melissa held on to her mother tightly. "Don't worry Melissa I won't let Marik hurt you." Leona whispered to her daughter.

Leona leaned down and put her arms around her daughter in a protective way. As the attacks came closer, the Winged Dragon of Ra pendant around Leona's neck started to glow brighter. "What's going on?" Leona asked in surprise. The glow of the pendant started to change colors until it stopped and changed into a bright blue light. The attacks of the three Gods came into collision with the strange blue light. "I can't see a thing what's happening?" Katrina asked. Everyone covered their eyes as the blinding light engulfed the Gods attacks. All everyone could hear was silence, until everyone heard a cry of a dragon. Leona and Melissa opened their eyes and saw a Blue-Eyes White Dragon in front them. Leona and Melissa were too surprised to say anything. The Winged Dragon of Ra pendant around Leona's neck shattered into pieces.

"The pendant broke. That means the spell is broken." Blossom said. Yami slowly opened his eyes and saw Tea's and Aiko's face. "Dad, you're ok." Aiko said and hugged her dad. "This can't be possible, I was suppose to rule this world." Marik said in anger. "Well guess again Marik, you're plans have taken its turn for the better and worse. The better for us and the worse for you." Kaiba said as he got up. "Daddy!" Melissa cheered and hugged her father. "I'm so glad that you're ok, Seto." Leona said and wiped a couple of her tears away with her hand. "I may have lost the chance to rule this world, but that doesn't mean I can't destroy all of you." Marik said as he commanded the Egyptian Gods to attack. "Not this time Marik. Blue-Eyes White Dragon, attack with all your might with white lightning!" Kaiba yelled.

The Blue-Eyes White Dragon fired a beam of energy as the Gods attack collided with it. Both energies seemed evenly matched. "Your dragon's attack is nothing compared to the three Gods." Marik teased. "Guess again Marik. The Blue-Eyes White Dragon is much stronger than the Gods." Yami spoke. "What? No! The Gods are stronger." Marik yelled. "You're creatures are fueled by revenge and lust for power. The Blue-Eyes White Dragon is fueled by the heart of everyone's courage and determination to stop you." Yami told him. As Yami said those words the attack of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon became stronger than the Gods. The beam of light shot through the three Gods, striking each of them. "No! This can't be my creatures cannot be destroyed!" Marik yelled.

The millennium bracelet started to glow as it was glowing Marik started to feel weak and dropped the millennium puzzle. Yami picked up his millennium puzzle and placed it around his neck. "Th-this cannot be-be pos-possible." Marik said in pain. Yami walked over to Marik and said, "Now that I've regained my puzzle the Gods no longer exist in this world. They've returned to the depths of the shadows. As for you Marik, I should banish you to the Shadow Realm….."

"Yugi, there's no need for that. I'll handle Marik on my own." Kaiba said.
Kaiba snatched the millennium rod from Marik's hand and threw to the side. "There's nothing you can do to stop me this time! You've hurt Leona so much and now you're about to pay the price!" Kaiba yelled. "Kaiba, I understand that you're mad, but he can't even defend himself anymore, what will that prove?" Yami asked. "Yugi! Do you have any idea what he did to Leona? I'm not about to just stand here and walk away while she's hurting inside!" Kaiba answered. Kaiba lifted Marik and was about to punch him when he felt someone's hand on his. Kaiba turned around. "Leona, what are you doing?" Kaiba asked in surprise. "You don't have to resort to Marik's level, Seto. I know you're angry inside, but I've let what he's done to me pass. And I know you wouldn't be low enough to hurt someone when their weaker than you are." Leona answered.

Kaiba just threw Marik on the floor, really hard. The millennium bracelet started to glow and it dropped on the floor. Leona walked up the millennium bracelet and thought (I'm glad this all over.) As Leona leaned down to pick up her millennium bracelet, Marik's eyes shot open and he quickly grabbed Leona's hand. "You should have finished me off when you had the chance, you fools." Marik said as he picked up his millennium rod. "Marik let her go!" Kaiba yelled in anger. Marik pulled Leona towards him and pulled out a hidden dagger inside the millennium rod.

"Now, now Kaiba you wouldn't want me to accidentally kill Leona." Marik told him as he drew the dagger towards Leona's neck. "Mommy!!" Melissa yelled and ran towards Leona. Mokuba ran towards Melissa and held on to her. "Melissa stay here, don't worry Leona's going to be fine." Mokuba reassured his little niece. While Marik was threatening her friends, Leona noticed that the millennium bracelet was glowing strangely. (What's going on?) Leona thought. Her question was answered as she and everyone else saw the millennium bracelet cause a strange reaction to both the millennium puzzle and rod. "Our millennium items are reacting to the force of the millennium bracelet." Yami said in surprise.

"YUGI!!!" Everyone heard someone yell. Everyone turned around and saw Bakura with Ishizu and Shadi. Everyone noticed that the millennium ring, eye, necklace, key and scales were glowing the same way as the other millennium items. "The millennium items are acting rather strangely. The force of the 8th millennium item is going to seal its powers." Shadi explained. "So that's why the other millennium items are reacting to the millennium bracelet." Tea said. The glow of the millennium bracelet was so intense it caused Marik to let go of Leona and she saw her millennium item float up in the air. The other millennium items started to react to the millennium bracelet. Yami took the millennium puzzle in his hands and the puzzle started to float up in the air with the other millennium items.

The eight millennium items created a huge beam of light that could be seen miles away. The beam became brighter and everyone closed their eyes. As the bright light faded everyone saw the millennium items floating of towards their owners, but the millennium bracelet was no where in sight. "Where's the millennium bracelet?" Katrina asked confused. Then everyone saw a strange pyramidal shaped object in the sky. "That looks exactly like the millennium puzzle." Leona said. The object in the sky did look like the millennium puzzle, except it was white with a dark aura in the center of the object. The strange object floated away as quick as lightning. "I wonder what that was." Mai thought. "Whatever it was it won't bother us." Joey reassured Tea. "Mommy!" Melissa cheered and ran to her mother and hugged her. Leona picked up her daughter and said, "We've all had a long day what'd you say we all go home." Leona suggested.

Everyone saw Marik unconscious on the floor. Ishizu ran to her brother's side. "Marik wake up, please." Ishizu pleaded. Marik slowly opened his eyes and saw his sister's face. "I-Ishizu.." Marik said weakly. "Yes, it's me brother. Your darker side no longer controls you." Ishizu told her brother. "Wait a minute all this time we were fighting Marik's dark side!!" Joey exclaimed. "Yes Joey, I sensed it the moment I saw Marik. I didn't want to worry anyone so I kept a secret." Yami told his friend. "All that matters is that my brother is back to normal and the darker side can no longer return now that the millennium bracelet doesn't exist. Thank you so much for helping my brother, pharaoh." Ishizu said. Yami smiled and told her, "I shouldn't be the one who you should be thanking. It should be Leona." Leona looked at Yami a little confused. "What? Me? Why should she be thanking me?" Leona asked. "Your courage and determination is how we were able to stop Marik's darker side." Yami simply answered.

"Well I couldn't do it without all of you, so thanks." Leona said. Marik slowly walked up to Leona and said, "Leona, I'm sorry for what my darker side did to you. I'll understand if you won't accept my apology." Marik told her. Leona remained silent for a while. She started to remember what Marik's dark side had done to her. She won't be able to erase the events that happened to her and she won't be able to forget them either. "I won't be able to forget what he did to me, but I will be able to forgive you, Marik." Leona told him. Everyone headed out of the ship and headed their different directions.

Everyone watched Marik, Ishizu, and Shadi leave for Egypt. "Well the party's probably over. Darn I wanted some more food." Joey complained. "You and your stomach, Joey. Mai how do you put up with him?" Katrina asked. "Simple I just tell him that the restaurant he owns will be out of business if he even tries to touch the food." Mai answered and started laughing. "Well we had one big adventure today." Yugi said as he and everyone else climbed aboard the ship to take them to the city. "Yea and I think it might have tired out the kids." Tea said as she saw Aiko, Aaron, and Melissa sleeping on the floor of the ship. Everyone watched the night sky as the ship headed towards the city.

Author's Note: 1 more chapter left. There will be another part to this story, but only if u read & review