Chapter 6

They had stayed in that museum much longer than they had planned or expected to. At least two hours had gone by when they had finally left. Tea and Yugi figured that Joey and Tristan would find them eventually, so they decided to head back to Yugi's house with his grandpa. It would be a bit of a walk, but they seemed to be enjoying eachother's company for the while.

Coincidently, as they were walking back to Yugi's, they were able to run into Joey and Tristan who had been searching for them for quite sometime.

"'Bout time we found you. Where the hell ya been?" Joey asked them, sighing in relief they had finally found them.

"Museum," told Yugi.

"Should have known. Tea was with you," joked Tristan. Tea slapped him on the back of his head and stared at him. Joey laughed.

"Oh come now, Yugi, you know you had a good time," Sugoroku tried to convince him.

"I guess, some things more interesting than others," he confessed. "We're going back to my house. You two coming?"

"Will there be food?" blurted Joey. Yugi nodded his head. "Then I'm there."

The five of them walked together back to Yugi's. The sun was beginning set by the time they arrived. Oddly enough, Seto Kaiba's limosine was sitting outside of his houses, Mokuba leaning against the front. Though surprised to see him, the five of them greeted their younger friend.

"Hey, Mokuba," Yugi greeted. "What's going on?"

"Hey guys," he replied. "I hate to rush you and confront you like this, especially since you just got home and all, but my brother wants to see you, Yugi."

"What? Now?" he asked caught off guard.

"Bring your deck. He wants to-" Mokuba was interrupted.

"Again?" Tea sighed. "What kind of strategy is it this time?"

"Not sure. He didn't tell me," he said. "I'm personally sick of it, too, but he's my brother, so I want to support him."

The entire group was impressed at Mokuba's maturity.

"Well...do I have a choice?" Yugi had to ask.

"Uh, not really. This is gonna sound strange, but Seto, he's been acting weird lately," Mokuba mentioned.

"Weird? You mean he was acting, oh what's that word that's not in his dictionary, happy?" Tristan said.

"Well, yeah," confirmed Mokuba. "He seems so confident, but he hasn't been bragging or become cocky or anything."

At that point, Yugi couldn't say no. He would want to go duel for the soul purpose of seeing Seto with an actual smile on his face. He ran up to his room, grabbed his deck and dueling disk, and came back down and hopped into the limosine.

"Any of you want to come? It's at the Dueling Dome on the edge of town," Mokuba offered.

"I'm going to stop at home first, then I'll come by," Tea said, beginning to run home.

"Eh, sure, I'll come along. Can never see that Kaiba get crushed enough times," Joey said and sat next to Yugi in the limosine. Tristan followed behind.

"How about you, Grandpa?" Yugi asked.

"Oh Yugi, I love watching you duel and all, but honestly, I think I've seen you beat Seto enough times to last the rest of my lifetime. I wish you luck though," he replied walking back into the game shop and waving. Yugi waved back as Mokuba jumped in and the driver shut the door. Speeding a bit, the driver made his way to the dome.

While Joey and Tristan were goofing off the entire car ride, Yugi fell silent, staring out the window, looking at the scenery. He had already accepted this duel, but he somehow felt that things would be different this time, and not in such a good way. It wasn't so much he had the fear of losing, but as if this were his last day alive, and he'd never know when his last breath would be.

With everyone distracted, Yugi used this time to communicate a bit with his yami. Apparently, the heterogenous spirits had the same type of indescribable feeling. Whether it related to anything else that they had found that day they were not sure. Regardless, the feeling of dueling Kaiba this time around was massively different, though defeating him many times before.

"I don't know what to think," Yugi explained. "It seems like every other duel I've had, but I can't explain why this one feels so different."

"Nor can I, but we'll try to finish this one as simple and quickly as possible," his yami said. "We've defeated him on many occassions, and there is no reason why we cannot do it once more."

In his mind, Yugi nodded to his partner. They would soon be switching positions, Yami taking control of his body and Yugi resting behind his other spirit, still being present to help. Yugi cut off his communication for the moment as the car pulled up to the large, half circle shaped Dueling Dome.

"Dang, this place is huge," Tristan commented as they stepped outside the long vehicle. "Sure I've seen it before, but only from a distance, and it looked a hell of a lot smaller."

"Come on. This way," Mokuba lead the trio into the Dome as the limosine pulled away. Joey, Yugi and Tristan followed him through the new, clean glass doors and into the main lobby.

The dome was pretty much a stadium, only indoors. It had been openned for the public yet, so it was fairly new, though it had been built for months. The floor was of a beautiful marble material, covered with a soft yet dark brown. The walls were composed of a vanilla colored brick, painted with duel monsters on it. A lot of work and cleaning had clearly been put into this dome.

"Only Kaiba'd buy this kind of stuff for his dome," Joey commented on its sophistication.

"You two need to go up the stairs and watch from the upper level," Mokuba pointed to a stairway nearby. "My brother wants no interference. Yugi you can go down that hallway next to the stairway. Seto should already be in the arena waiting for you."

Yugi nodded and began making his way down the hall.

"Hey Yug, I hardly doubt you'll need this, but good luck," Joey called to him and gave him a thumb up. Yugi smiled back at him as Mokuba stomped on his foot for his comment and Tristan harassed him for it. Joey chased Tristan up the stairway to the audience's area. Mokuba went to an elevator to an electronics room so he could keep an eye on the mechanics of the arena.

Walking down that long hallway, Yugi was having one final conversation with his alter ego, Yami Yugi. There was no turning back at this point, and while both still had that irritating feeling, they were still willing to go through with it.

"It could mean nothing," Yugi suggested, though both knew that it was not likely. Instinct had not failed them many times.

"Perhaps not, but let's still try to finish this as soon as possible," Yami said.

"Right," he agreed. "You ready for this?"

Yami smiled at his companion as they were ready to switch.

"Of course, let's do it," he told him.

The millenium puzzle flashed a blinding light as the souls of the two Yugi switched places. Yugi became taller, his face still looking similar but slightly different. Yami Yugi now had control of his friend's body, but Yugi's spirit stayed nearby. He slipped on his dueling disk and placed his deck in the deck slot, prepared to duel. The two of them entered the arena with bright lights spotlighting down on the arena and a big television screen that pictured the entire arena stood above them. They approached the large square field, where on the opposing end Seto awaited them.

"It's about time you showed up. For God's sake, it's almost night," Kaiba first told him, not even giving a friendly greeting.

"I came, and that's about more than you could ask for," Yami said, his voice much more resonant than Yugi's.

"I don't need your bull, because this time I'm ready to duel and beat you," Kaiba said. Yami noticed the unfamiliar large grin on his opponent's face. "I have a strategy that's nearly flawless, and I have cards that will take down your Egyptian God cards."

"Let me guess one of those cards: the Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon," Yami couldn't help but taunt Kaiba a bit.

"You laugh now, but I'd be more concerned if I were you!" Kaiba snarled. "Death of your glory will come to you!"

Yugi and Yami both felt that peculiar feeling again. Seto had made several threats similar to this before, but the serious tone in his voice made it seem out of the ordinary.

"History shows you losing at my hands...again," Yami reminded him of the previous defeats Kaiba had against Yugi.

"History shows complete bull," Kaiba stated as he set up his dueling disk. "We live right here, right now, and all those other duels are over and done with. This one will change history, and it starts now."

Yami set up his duel disks, the hologram projectors being set in place and the field on his duel disk combined to make one. Both duelists set their Life Points to 4000 and the duel had officially began.

On the outside, Joey and Tristan stood and watched. They couldn't hear much of what Kaiba and Yugi were saying, but they still felt confident Yugi would again come out on top. Being the only ones in the crowd at the time, they watched the two draw five cards, signalling they were ready to start.

Mokuba had moved the mechanics room, controlling the lights and big screen television. Once everything was set in place, he sat back in his chair and prepared to watch a hopefully exciting duel. He had not seen his brother this confident this happy or confident in years, so he hoped that he had a good reason to feel that way.

"I'll move first," Kaiba agreed to make the first move. "I summon Familiar Knight (1200/1400) in attack mode."

He ended his turn.

"Very well," Yami drew his card to start his turn. "Queen's Knight (1300/1200) in attack mode! Attack his knight!"

Yami's Queen's Knight, one hundred attack points stronger than Kaiba's Familiar Knight, wielded her long, thin sword and dashed at the armored knight. Using both her hands, she pulled the sword back and thrusted it forward once in striking range of her foe. The sword went straight through the knight, and the Familiar Knight exploded and disappeared. Seto lost one hundred Life Points, bringing him down to 3900.

Queen's Knight returned to Yami's side of the field when Rare Metal Dragon (2400/1200) was summoned to Seto's field. Yami was well aware of Familiar Knight's special ability, and even though he had let Seto summon a monster with 2400 attack points, he could now summon a level one to four monster on his side of the field. He placed King's Knight (1300/1200) from his hand onto the field, which then allowed him to automatically summon Jack's Knight (1900/1600).

Joey and Tristan stood in excitement, waiting to see what Yugi's plan to take down Kaiba's strong beast was. They cheered him on, but he their encouragement went basically unheard.

"And this is for later," Yami placed one other card face down on the field and ended his turn.

In the back of his mind, Kaiba remembered he did not want to let Yugi lose Life Points until one of his new cards were played.

"I'll summon Dragon Dwelling in the Cave (1400/2000) in attack mode," Kaiba summoned a new monster, clearly another dragon type. He knew it would cost him a few more Life Points, but knew in the end it would be worth it. Now he was ready to attack, knowing Yugi had some kind of trap or magic card waiting for him. "Rare Metal Dragon, attack his Jack's Knight!"

As Kaiba had figured, Yami had a trap placed for him.

"I now use the trap Waboku," he called. "Your Rare Metal Dragon's attack is reduced to zero for now!"

Kaiba still had another monster on the field, and was tempted to attack. Again, he knew that he could not let Yugi lose Life Points yet. He placed a card face down and ended his turn, much to Yami's and everyone else's surprise.

"You'll regret not attacking me," Yami told him as he drew his card. "Jack's Knight, destroy the Dragon Dwelling in the Cave."

Jack's Knight drew his thick, long sword from its sheath, leaped across the field, and sliced the giant, green dragon down with one slash. The Dragon Dwelling in the Cave disappeared and Kaiba lost another five hundred Life points, leaving him with 3400. Kaiba still had no look of concerned on his face.

"I won't be regretting anything," Kaiba smiled at him. Yami was a bit confused, considering he had a good early lead and Seto seemed to be taking this duel quite lightly.

"I've knocked out six hundred of your Life Points already, and I plan to continue my destruction of them until they're all gone," Yami said. "I'll place two cards face down and end my turn."

"Suit yourself," Kaiba drew his card. He was getting a bit upset about how he was not drawing the one card he had wanted, and he did not want to lose any more life points for safety reasons. A nearby shadow, however, would make sure Kaiba would get what he wished. "I'll summon La Jinn the Mystical Genie of the Lamp (1800/1000) in attack mode. And since my Rare Metal Dragon's attack power has returned, I'll have him attack your Jack's Knight again, and La Jinn can take down King's Knight at the same time."

Again, he was well aware Yugi had a trap ready for him.

"I think not," Yami said. "Sword and Shield magic card activate."

The defense and attack points of all monsters then switched positions. Rare Metal Dragon and La Jinn no longer had the power to take down their opponents. Jack's Knight still had 1600 attack points and King's Knight had 1200 while La Jinn, who was attacking King's Knight, had 1000 and Rare Metal Dragon had 1200.

"Any regrets yet?" Yami asked him as his monsters destroyed Seto's two attacking monsters, since Kaiba had already declared his attack. Losing four hundred for the loss of Rare Metal Dragon and two hundred more for the loss of La Jinn, Kaiba saw his Life Points drop to 2800.

Yami and Yugi were skeptical. Kaiba was playing way too lightly. Normally he likes to start out strong, but he was either planning something or he was having a really off night. Of course, they both assumed the best from Kaiba, but it all seemed too easy, seeing how he had almost lost half of his life points in the start of the duel, and perhaps the rest of them in the next turn. Not to mention he was unusually silent for most of the beginning of the duel.

Tristan and Joey noticed a bit, too. They did not care much however. Watching Kaiba getting crushed by a friend of theirs was enough to keep them happy.

Kaiba had placed a card face down and ended. It was now Yami's turn, and he drew and sent his monsters to attack Seto directly. Sword and Shield's affect was now over, and all of his monsters' attack points had returned to normal. Swords in hand, the three knights jumped at Kaiba and prepared to cut him to bits and finish off his life points, but Seto too had a trap waiting for them.

"I'm not regretting anything," Kaiba said as he revealed his face down card, Dark Wall of Air. "This card doesn't allow direct attacks on me for this turn."

The three knights' attacks were stopped and they returned to their end of the field. Yami had hoped he could end it then, but it was Kaiba he was facing, and though all seemed to be in his favor, Seto would not win as easily. He could do nothing else but end his turn.

Seto showed it not, but he was truly getting annoyed and concerened waiting for his one card, and he did not believe in this 'heart of the cards' thing Yugi had told him of. He needed that card then and now, and no later or his Life Points would be gone by next turn and in the hands of Yugi's weaker monsters. After waiting a few moments, he finally drew his card. Perfect timing! It was the exact card he needed, and he did not even use that 'heart of the cards' crud. Of course, it was no coincidence he had drawn it then, but he would only have to wait for Yugi to play the right card.

"I'll throw this out in defense mode: Stone Ogre Grotto (1600/1500)," Kaiba claimed. "And this...for later. Your turn."

He seemed to snicker, but Yami was not worried, especially after he drew his next card. The Saint Dragon-God of Osiris was now in his hand, and with three monsters on the field, Yami was more than ready to summon it.

"And now," he began. "I sacrifice all three of my knights for one of my mighty beasts: the Saint Dragon-God of Osiris!"

Though there was a ceiling inside, clouds seemed to shrouder above. Thunder cracked and then suddenly a bright red light spotlighted down to the ground. In that red-spotlight, a maroon shadow of a long, winged, two-mouthed dragon began to appear. Eventually the red light faded and the clouds went away, and what stood there was none other than the Egyptian God beast in the red light's place. The slithery red dragon, with a body that extended for miles perhaps, cried to the sky, lashing its small arms out as it did so. With four cards in Yami's hand, the Saint Dragon had 3000 attack points and 3000 defense points, which made it far from the weakest monster on the field.

And all the while, Kaiba stood there, grinning.

"One of my Egyptian God cards is now on the field, and he alone will take out all your monsters," Yami assured Seto, who still had a wide grin on his face. "God of Osiris, attack!"

The Saint Dragon openned the larger of its two jaws and a ball of lightning energy built in its mouth, its large teeth surrounding it. Once built to its fullest potential, the lightning energy blasted right at Seto's Stone Ogre Grotto, exploding it to tiny pieces. Yami ended his turn afterwards.

Joey and Tristan screamed in excitement. Yugi seemed unbeatable at the moment. With an Egyptian God card on the field, and one that would get stronger by each card he drew, they had figured Yugi had the duel in the bag. They almost decided to prepare to leave already.

Mokuba was discouraged as he sat and watched his brothe duel horribly. He just couldn't understand why he had let Yugi get such a good lead on him so early. After an entire night of euphoria from his all around bad mooded brother, Mokuba was worried his brother had become happy for nothing. He continued to watch, looking at the monitors and the large television behind them, praying the best for Seto under his breath.

"Kaiba, I know you have taken me lightly this entire duel, but I assure you if you don't start dueling the way you know how, you will lose quite shamefully," Yami warned him. Seto did not seem to take it seriously.

"No, it will be you who will lose shamefully as you are humiliated by allowing the greatest come back ever seen," Kaiba laughed. "And you'll see what I mean starting...now. Reveal face down card: Obligatory Summon."

Yugy and Yami were really lost now, because now they could summon two monsters of the same type on the field, and the only other two monsters of the same type were the other two Egyptian God cards.

"You're telling me that you're come back starts by letting me summon my other two Egyptian God cards?" he asked.

"Just summon them and move on!"

"I shall, but it is by your own cause," he said, but Seto knew what he was doing. Yami took the first of the other two God cards out of his deck. "The God of Obelisk, come forth!"

The clouds returned to the ceiling and thunder cracked yet again. A blue-spotlight came from the clouds and touched the ground. A dark blue shadow appeared, shaping like a muscular giant with wings like a bat. As the spotlight faded, the God of Obelisk stood in its place, his fists clinched as he roared to the sky. With 4000 attack and defense points of his own, Obelisk stomped his large foot to the ground, showing his power was now present in battle, and Kaiba stared into the face of a beast that was once his.

"And finally, Ra, the Sun of God, show yourself!" Yami cried out as he placed the third Egyptian God card on the field of his duel disk.

Again, clouds shrouded the ceiling, thunder cracked, and a light flashed down to the ground like lightining. A yellow light burst this time, and an orange shadow appeared in its light. The light gave way to a large, four-taloned bird with shining golden wings. Ra screeched as its golden body glowed in the lights of the stadium. It had no attack or defense points, because no sacrifices were made, but with so many special abilities, it hardly needed them.

The three Egyptian Gods stood together again.

"You've allowed me to summon not only my strongest creatures, but the three most feared beasts in duel monsters. And you will be on the receiving end of their wrath!" threatened Yami, but Seto knew that Yugi's downfall would truly begin now.