Strong Enough

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Who is in control or being controlled in this duel?

-Yu-Gi-Oh 3rd Japanese theme song

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MAKURA

I jumped out of the helicopter and ran towards them. "HiKari!" I yelled as I ran to greet my sister and give her a hug. She didn't hug me back, just stood there, arms at her sides, staring at me. I let her go and stepped away. "Kari…" I said. I didn't know what to say. "Kura," HiKari said, running into my arms and crying. "Kura, I was so scared! I… I didn't know what to do and…" I held her tight, "It's okay. I'm here. You know Kari, I'll always be by your side, even when we're not together. All you have to do is look inside your heart, and I'll always be there."

"But…" Kari said, and I knew she was going to mention my wrist. I showed it to her. At first when she saw it, she closed her eyes, not wanting to see anything, but then, she opened her eyes. "It's… Kura, what…"

Suddenly, Seto broke into the conversation. "Kur… Makura, what are you doing here?"

"Hi Seto," I said, waiving at him. I had purposely used my recovered wrist.

Seto stared at me with wide eyes, then walked up to me. He grabbed both my hands and flipped them so the wrists were up. He stared at them for a while, then dropped them. I could tell he was confused, but didn't want to admit it. He stared at Kari, waiting for her to ask what happened. She had caught on that Seto was confused, and so she purposely changed the subject, "What do you have for us?" She asked.

I took the label that read "Hikari Bruder" off the card and slipped it into Kari's deck. Then I did the same for Seto. I had already put Mokuba's card into the deck I made for him, so I handed him the deck. Then I handed them all 2 star chips, but I kept 2, not knowing what to do with them. Suddenly, Pegasus appeared. Kari tried to punch him. Pegasus laughed. "I'm not really here, Kari-girl, this is a hologram. I'm actually at my castle." Then he turned to Seto and said, "Kaiba-boy, have you decided who the 4th duelist will be? You can choose any duelist on the island. If you don't know which duelists are still here, there's a list in the helicopter that…"

"I know who the strongest duelist left on this island without your help." Seto said as he turned to me, "Makura's going to be our fourth."

"Alright, then," Pegasus said, "Get in the helicopter. Your opponents are waiting for you." At this the hologram disappeared.

"Do you think it's a trap?" Seto asked me.

"What choice do we have?" I asked in reply.

"Our helicopter." Mokuba said.

"Stay here," Seto said as he went inside, "I'm gonna get it started."

We waited, but suddenly the helicopter left.

Mokuba stared after the plane. "Come on, you guys," I said, hopping into the helicopter, "Seto' s probably gonna find out what Pegasus is up to, and mabey even find a way to get out of this, but if he can't, then we're gonna have to have 8 starchips anyway. We've gotta get to the dueling place quick, so that one of us can duel twice and get all the star chips we need. I heard the door open and close so I figured they were in. I sat in the driver's seat, and the autopilot started. "Where do you guys think we're going?" I asked as I turned around to look at them. They were gone. I looked down to the ground and saw Mokuba and Hikari frantically trying to pick up cards. Then I looked up to see where I was going to go, and hoping that Kari and Mokuba would have enough sense to go to the castle and try and get in, when I saw another helicopter flying down to where I knew Kari and Mokuba were. Pegasus must have somehow found out that this helicopter had taken off without them, so he sent another one.

Finally, the helicopter landed. I found myself in a white room with a door. I figured that was the only place to go, so I might as well go there.

I went into the other room, but as soon as I was there, I wanted out. It was the place I had seen too many times in my dreams, the place that I had killed Suzuki. I tried to get out, but the doors had shut and locked behind me. I sat there, not knowing what to do, when I saw someone walking up to me. It was… no, it couldn't be. It wasn't possible… but it was Suzuki, only younger. "This must be Carlo," I thought to myself. I stared in fear as he walked closer. He came up to me and dropped a deck at my feet. "Let's duel." He said with a smirk on his face, "winner take all." Suddenly a duel platform rose out of the ground. Carlo got up on the Red one, I got up on the blue. "I meant Winner takes ALL." Carlo said, "this duel ring is set up so that the loser will be electrocuted to death. Oh, and if you win, you get her, "At this he motioned to HiKari, who was hurt, just like she was on the day I killed Suzuki. Would I have to go through this all over again?

SETO

"Stay here, I'm gonna get it started." I said as I jumped inside my helicopter. I turned on the main computer system and was setting the coordinates for Domino when the screen went black. Then the helicopter started by itself. The screen came back with the words, "autopilot started" on it. I wondered what was going on when a pink rabbit came onto the screen, and started saying, "Hey Kaiba!". Damn Pegasus. Well, it seemed he had his own plans for me. The trip was very short. I landed in a small room with one door. I figured that beyond that door was Pegasus's challenger for me. On the other side of the door, I saw a familiar face, one I had not seen in a long time. "Gozaburo." I growled, "Let's get this game over with."

"There's no way you'll beat me," He said with a smile as the duel platform came up and we both jumped on.

"How's that?" I asked, an even bigger smile on my face.

"Because," He said, as if explaining to a small child, "If you beat me, I'll kill Mokuba."

He motioned to young Mokuba who was sitting in the corner, tears streaming down his face, "Ni Sama…" He said

MOKUBA

Makura and HiKari had just jumped onto the plane in front of me, and I got on too, but I noticed that my cards had fallen out of my pocket and were all over the ground. I jumped up to try and gather the cards. HiKari noticed and came down to help me, shutting the door after her. As soon as she got out of the helicopter, it lifted off.

"I'm sorry we had to part so soon, Kura," I heard Kari whisper to herself as the helicopter flew off, "But I trust you. I trust you're going to be fine, even without me."

"You knew the helicopter was going to leave, didn't you?" I asked as I picked up the last of the cards and sat down, "Why'd you help me?"

She sat down next to me and smiled at me, "Because you need me… I've got to protect you, 'cause no one else can right now."

"But Kari… I wouldn't stay with somebody if I had to leave my Ni Sama… no matter how much they needed me." I sighed, "I know it sounds selfish, but I just can't bear being apart from him."

"I can't bear being apart from Kura either, but you need me even more than she does. You've never dueled before, and plus, I know what Seto means to you. I know how alone you can feel, when Kura isn't there, and I didn't want you to have to feel that…" She stared at me, "Mokuba, are you blushing?" she asked.

Just as she said that, a helicopter landed right next to us, and the Pegasus hologram appeared again. "Get in, Kari-girl, Mokuba-boy, your duel awaits." It said, then disappeared.

"I hate Pegasus," I said as I grudgingly jumped aboard the helicopter, after HiKari had, of course.

"I do too!" Kari said, which started a conversation about how we hate Pegasus. This took us all the way to the place where the helicopter stopped.

When it stopped, we both got out. The place we landed was a room, just big enough for the helicopter to land in, and at the far end was a door. I wasn't sure what to do. I looked up to HiKari. She took my hand and walked with me through the door. On the other side of the door was a dark room. I was always afraid of the dark, so I held Kari's hand even tighter. "It's okay," She whispered to me. Suddenly the lights got a little brighter, and we saw two figures standing at the other side of the room. "What do you want?" Kari yelled.

"We want…" a familiar voice started, I couldn't place a name on it, but Kari could… "Kura." She whispered to me.

" To duel." Another voice finished. Only this voice wasn't just another voice, it was Seto's. "Ni Sama!" I yelled as I ran over to see him. I was just about to hug him when he jumped up onto the red duel platform, where Makura was already standing.

"Go over there and duel, you imbecile!" Seto yelled.

"Yeah," Kura chimed in, "My weak sister would be too easy to beat alone, we want to have some fun with you before we defeat you!"

"Ni…Ni Sama!" I yelled up to him, "What's happened, what's wrong?"

"Having you for a brother." He replied, "Now get up there or we'll start the duel without you!"

I walked over to the blue platform, and Kari helped me up.

"Don't worry," Kari said, "Everything's gonna be okay."

"No," said Kura, "Nothing's going to be okay,"

"Not when you face the dream team of duelists… Kaiba and Kura!" Seto added.

PEGASUS

Pegasus sat in front of three TV screens, one showing Kura's duel, One showing Kaiba's and one showing Kari and Mokuba's.

He smiled to himself as he watched them, then said to himself, "My hologram duelists are having exactly the effect I was hoping for."

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Will Kari, Kura, Mokuba and Seto figure out the secrets of these fake duelists, or will they never be able to win?

To Kari: The cuteness will be in the next chapter, not this one… Sorry, but I had to do the intros to the duels in this chappie… but I still love ya forever and can't wait till the 24th!!!!! (Or Mokie's B-day on the 7th)