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Lisa: Welp, I know I'll have some fun writing this!
Tristan: 'Welp'?
Yugi: reading script you're sending me to the shadow realm? Chibi Eyes
Lisa: I'm sorry, Yugi! I just have to write this!
Yugi: You're so hurtful! runs off crying
Lisa: Wait, Yugi! Come back! runs after Yugi
Seto: Uh... Sure... Clears throat
Tristan: Uh... Yeah... WOW! The beginning is really boring!
Seto: smacks Tristan Don't say that! You'll get in trouble with Lisa!
Bakura: Can we please get on with it!?
Tristan: Uh, Right! Um... Ah man... Lisa usually starts the story...
Seto: Oh, please! It's easy! You just say 'On with the fic!'
"Go on and attack me, Yugi!" Bakura snickered. The duel had been going for hours, but he already had the match won. He had already assembled Spirit Message's 'D' through 'T'. "Then again, no matter which monster attacks, you're going to lose anyway!"
'There's only one card in my deck that can stop him...' Yami thought. 'But even if I can draw it...' His thoughts were interrupted.
"Get on with it, Yugi!" Bakura growled.
Yami drew his card, and the sky erupted in lightning. Yami held up the card, sacrificing Dark Magician Girl, Gamma the Magnet Warrior, and Big Shield Gardena to summon the almighty Slifer the Sky Dragon! Dark Sanctuary was blasted to nothingness as the huge dragon forms, its body coiling around the airship. It looms over the arena, roaring at Bakura.
'How am I supposed to destroy something that powerful!?' Bakura thought.
'Don't worry... I have an idea...' Marik said, mentally smirking.
"Now, Slifer! Attack Ba-" He stopped as he felt a surge of power from the Millennium puzzle. He turned to see Odeon. "Marik!? What are you doing here?!"
"I wouldn't attack if I were you..." Odeon replied. "Your friend is under my mind control," He held up the Rod.
'This is the only way to win.' Marik said, as Odeon continued. 'You must release Ryou from your control.'
'What!? What are you talking about?' Bakura asked.
'He won't attack his friend...' Marik said. Bakura agreed.
"I release him from the spirits control!" Odeon said, as Bakura gave control to Ryou. Ryou fell to the ground clutching his arm.
"'My arm... It hurts... Yugi? Where am I? What am I doing here in this duel?" Ryou looked confused.
"Without the spirit of the Ring, he is weak. If you attack, he may not survive... The choice is yours..." Odeon said, while turning to leave.
"Yugi? What's going on? I... I don't feel well..." Ryou said, still dazed.
'Yami, you can't attack!' Yugi cried through the mind link.
'But... Yugi... We can't lose this duel!' Yami replied.
'We can't hurt Ryou!' Yugi said as Yami went back to the real world.
"I.... I surrender..." Yami said shamefully as he placed his hand over the deck. "You win..."
"What? 'Win'? Yugi, I'm confused... I.-" Bakura took over again and laughed manically.
"Yugi Motto has surrendered! Bakura Ryou is the victor!" Roland announced as Bakura walked across the arena.
"I believe you have something for me..." Bakura held out his hand. Yami handed Slifer over to Bakura, before he broke into another laugh. "And now... After five-thousand years..." He reached for the Millennium Puzzle.
'Yami!' Yugi shouted through the link. Bakura took the puzzle, leaving Yugi alone in his mind until he was called back to reality. He fell to his knees and stared at the ground.
"Finally, it's mine!" Bakura shouted as he held the puzzle high for all to see.
Yugi tried. He tried so hard to wake up from the nightmare he thought he was having. He tried. It wasn't a dream.
"Yugi!" Joey called as he climbed onto the platform, followed by his other friends.
"You think you can help him?" Bakura snickered. "He still has to face his penalty..." The Millennium Ring flashed violently.
"'Penalty'!? What penalty!? He didn't do anything!" Joey yelled
Yugi's eyes became teary; he looked up into the light. That was the last thing he saw. His eyes became empty and lifeless as a single tear fell. He fell forward, and didn't move.
"Yugi! Yugi, wake up!" Téa said kneeling next to him. "Yugi! Please!" She started to cry.
"C'mon, Yugi! Wake up!" Joey shouted as tears filled his eyes. "C'mon, buddy! Wake up!"
"It's useless..." Bakura said with a hint of amusement. "He can't hear you... His mind is no longer here..." He smiled and walked away.
"Seto, what happened to Yugi?" Mokuba asked as he looked up at his brother.
"I don't know. And to be honest, I don't care." Seto replied. He also started walking away, Mokuba followed.
"This isn't real..." Tristan told himself. "It can't be..."
"I do hope your friend is okay..." Marik said.
"Namu... You don't understand... He's...." Duke started, but couldn't continue.
"Oh... I see..." Marik replied, trying his hardest not to laugh. "Well... I wish you the best..." He turned and walked to the elevator. As soon as the door shut behind him, he burst out laughing. By the time the elevator reached the first floor, he was rolling on the floor laughing.
"You're such an embarrassment..." Bakura muttered upon seeing him. Marik realized the doors were open. He stood up, cleared his throat, and stepped out.
"Good job..." He then realized Bakura was wearing the Millennium Puzzle. "You know... That looks really tacky..."
"What?" Bakura replied.
"Wearing the Ring and the Puzzle... You look like a dork..." Marik said. Bakura, who didn't quite know what that 'dork' meant, looked confused.
"Um... Thank you?" He replied. Marik rolled his eyes.
"And you call me an embarrassment..." He muttered to himself as he walked away.
'I'll let him hold onto them for awhile... I'll win them from him later anyways...' Marik thought as he glanced back at Bakura, who was spit-shining the puzzle.
1 As the finals progressed, two out of the remaining six were eliminated. One more battle was to take place. Seto and Ishizu were preparing there decks. The three who remained where Bakura, Marik, and Joey. They would land at the sight for the finals in only two days.
Tea sighed. She had been in Yugi's room ever since Bakura beat him. She looked at him, and for a minute almost thought she saw his eyes open. She sighed. They weren't going to open. She knew, but she couldn't admit it to herself.
"T'ea?" Tristan said as he walked into the room. She turned her head in response. "T'ea, you've been in here for almost three days now..."
"I can't leave him, Tristan. What if he wakes up?" T'ea said. Tristan sighed and sat down next to her. "I want to be right here with him if he does..."
"T'ea..." Tristan trailed off. There was silence. Tristan looked over and saw the T'ea was crying. "T'ea, its okay..." He said putting a hand on her shoulder.
"But, Tristan, He's gone! You know as well as I do that we can't bring him back from the shadow realm!" She pulled away from Tristan. "Where he is there's no coming back without the power of a Millennium Item!" She sobbed.
"Don't worry, T'ea." He said, putting his arms around her. "Joey's going to beat Bakura, and get the Puzzle back. Everything will be okay..." T'ea continued to cry.
"I can't believe that! As hard as I try I can't! I try to be optimistic; I try to believe in Joey! I just can't! He's gone and he's not coming back!" T'ea shouted. She cried into his chest. All the while he still had his arms around her.
"It'll be okay..." Tristan whispered. They sat in silence.
Bakura carefully unwrapped the cloth around his arm. Over the past few days it had almost completely healed. All that was left was a small scar. He threw away the cloth and looked over at Marik.
"Everything is working out perfectly..." Bakura said. "They're playing right into our hands..." They both smirked.
"And when the tournament is over, we'll possess all three Egyptian god Cards and most of the Millennium Items..." Marik started.
"And when we get the final two, the world will be ours!" Bakura finished. "There's just one problem... What happens when we have to face each other?"
"Well, one of us will have to throw the duel..." Marik replied. "But we'll dwell on that later." Bakura eyed Marik suspiciously, but said nothing.
Joey walked down the hallway after watching Ishizu and Seto's duel. Seto won, of course. He sighed as passed the door to Yugi's room. He tried not to think about were Yugi was. He was about to enter, when a voice called him.
"Joey..." Ishizu said.
"Oh, hi, Ishizu..." Joey replied. His voice wasn't his normal energetic, peppy, and tough voice it once was. Now it was full of only depression.
"I want you to have this." She said, as she took off her Millennium Necklace and held it out to him. "It is of no use to me now... But I'm not sure if you have a use for it."
"Nah... You should keep it." Joey replied. "I don't know how to use it anyway..." Joey felt that he should take it, but he couldn't. It was Ishizu's.
"I need you to protect it for me..." She said quietly. "My brother will be coming after it soon..."
"Your brother?" Joey replied. 2
"Marik Ishtar..." Ishizu trailed off.
"Why should you worry about him? I kicked his but, remember?" Joey said, recalling there duel. Ishizu shook her head.
"That wasn't the real Marik... The one you call Namu is..." Ishizu once again held out the necklace. "Please, take it, Joey. I can no longer hold onto it..." Joey took the necklace.
"But, I'm still confuesed..." Joey said.
"All will be revealed in time..." Ishizu said before turning and walking to her room.
3'Joey, have you lost faith?' Joey turned to see who appeared to be Yugi, leaning against the wall with his arms crossed and a slight smile on his face. He was transparent and almost not visible. But he quickly faded away. Joey looked down at the necklace.
"No..." Joey replied as he clenched the necklace. "Never! Yugi, I swear I'll bring you back!" He shouted at no one. He put the necklace in his pocket. Full of new hope, he pushed open the door to Yugi's room to find Tristan and T'ea already there. T'ea still had tears coming down her cheeks.
"Hey, Joey..." Tristan said quietly. T'ea just continued to cry itno Tristan's chest.
"Is he doing any better?" Joey asked. Tristan said nothing. "Are you sure?" Tristan nodded. "Not a word!?" Surly that vision meant SOMTHING!?
"Not a word..." Tristan replied. Joey sighed.
'I guess I was wrong... Maybe it didn't mean anything...' He thought as he turned to leave. He sighed, his new hope disappearing as he walked through the door. Just then, Marik came walking down the hallway.
"Oh, hello, Joey." He said in his fake innocent voice. All he received was a glare. He looked puzzled. "What?" he asked as Joey continued to glare.
"Give it up, Marik!" He growled.
"So you finally figured it out... It sure took you long enough." He said with a smirk. "Yes, it's true.... I am Marik Ishtar...."
"I'm never gonna forgive you for this, Marik!" Joey shouted. Marik chuckled
"Do you really think I care?" Marik replied. Joey drew back his hand to punch him. Marik pulled the Millennium Rod from his belt loop and held it in front of him. "Just try!" Marik shouted warningly.
"Coward…" Joey muttered as he lowered his fist. Marik didn't seem to notice his remark.
"Namu!?" Tristan said as the door slid open. His eyes widened at the sight of the Millennium Rod.
Seto still had a smirk on his face from his last victory as he walked down the hallway, with Mokuba at his side.
"Seto," Mokuba said quietly looking up at his brother. "I'm worried about Yugi… He's been unconscious ever since his duel with Ryou and-" Seto cut in before he could finish.
"Mokuba," He said firmly. "Don't tell me you actually believe what Joey told you… It's nothing but lies…"
"But, Seto, why would he lie about something like this?" Mokuba asked, Seto didn't reply, but kept waling down the hall. "Seto?"
"It's all a lie…" Seto said, sounding unsure of himself. "I don't know what really happened to Yugi, but I won't let it distract me from winning this tournament... Now... Off to the battle city finals!"
Lisa: I can write no more for now!
Seto & Tristan: You're back!?
Lisa: Yes. And I can't write about my poor little Yugi-kun any longer! Not until I get some reviews anyway...
Elizabeth: Oh, pluh-lease!
Lisa: Shut up! By the way, Seto...
Seto: AH! runs for cover
Lisa: Great job on starting the fic for me!
Seto: Sigh of relief
Yugi: chibi eyes Please review... And no flames!
1: If I had time to write all the duels... Well that would just be sad… And it would make the story WAAAAAAAY to long.
2: I know they knew about Marik a long time ago, but I just wanted this story to be a little bit different...
3: I figured, 'What the Henry, I like this part.' So I added it... only with Yugi... I liked it...
Lisa: Welp, I know I'll have some fun writing this!
Tristan: 'Welp'?
Yugi: reading script you're sending me to the shadow realm? Chibi Eyes
Lisa: I'm sorry, Yugi! I just have to write this!
Yugi: You're so hurtful! runs off crying
Lisa: Wait, Yugi! Come back! runs after Yugi
Seto: Uh... Sure... Clears throat
Tristan: Uh... Yeah... WOW! The beginning is really boring!
Seto: smacks Tristan Don't say that! You'll get in trouble with Lisa!
Bakura: Can we please get on with it!?
Tristan: Uh, Right! Um... Ah man... Lisa usually starts the story...
Seto: Oh, please! It's easy! You just say 'On with the fic!'
"Go on and attack me, Yugi!" Bakura snickered. The duel had been going for hours, but he already had the match won. He had already assembled Spirit Message's 'D' through 'T'. "Then again, no matter which monster attacks, you're going to lose anyway!"
'There's only one card in my deck that can stop him...' Yami thought. 'But even if I can draw it...' His thoughts were interrupted.
"Get on with it, Yugi!" Bakura growled.
Yami drew his card, and the sky erupted in lightning. Yami held up the card, sacrificing Dark Magician Girl, Gamma the Magnet Warrior, and Big Shield Gardena to summon the almighty Slifer the Sky Dragon! Dark Sanctuary was blasted to nothingness as the huge dragon forms, its body coiling around the airship. It looms over the arena, roaring at Bakura.
'How am I supposed to destroy something that powerful!?' Bakura thought.
'Don't worry... I have an idea...' Marik said, mentally smirking.
"Now, Slifer! Attack Ba-" He stopped as he felt a surge of power from the Millennium puzzle. He turned to see Odeon. "Marik!? What are you doing here?!"
"I wouldn't attack if I were you..." Odeon replied. "Your friend is under my mind control," He held up the Rod.
'This is the only way to win.' Marik said, as Odeon continued. 'You must release Ryou from your control.'
'What!? What are you talking about?' Bakura asked.
'He won't attack his friend...' Marik said. Bakura agreed.
"I release him from the spirits control!" Odeon said, as Bakura gave control to Ryou. Ryou fell to the ground clutching his arm.
"'My arm... It hurts... Yugi? Where am I? What am I doing here in this duel?" Ryou looked confused.
"Without the spirit of the Ring, he is weak. If you attack, he may not survive... The choice is yours..." Odeon said, while turning to leave.
"Yugi? What's going on? I... I don't feel well..." Ryou said, still dazed.
'Yami, you can't attack!' Yugi cried through the mind link.
'But... Yugi... We can't lose this duel!' Yami replied.
'We can't hurt Ryou!' Yugi said as Yami went back to the real world.
"I.... I surrender..." Yami said shamefully as he placed his hand over the deck. "You win..."
"What? 'Win'? Yugi, I'm confused... I.-" Bakura took over again and laughed manically.
"Yugi Motto has surrendered! Bakura Ryou is the victor!" Roland announced as Bakura walked across the arena.
"I believe you have something for me..." Bakura held out his hand. Yami handed Slifer over to Bakura, before he broke into another laugh. "And now... After five-thousand years..." He reached for the Millennium Puzzle.
'Yami!' Yugi shouted through the link. Bakura took the puzzle, leaving Yugi alone in his mind until he was called back to reality. He fell to his knees and stared at the ground.
"Finally, it's mine!" Bakura shouted as he held the puzzle high for all to see.
Yugi tried. He tried so hard to wake up from the nightmare he thought he was having. He tried. It wasn't a dream.
"Yugi!" Joey called as he climbed onto the platform, followed by his other friends.
"You think you can help him?" Bakura snickered. "He still has to face his penalty..." The Millennium Ring flashed violently.
"'Penalty'!? What penalty!? He didn't do anything!" Joey yelled
Yugi's eyes became teary; he looked up into the light. That was the last thing he saw. His eyes became empty and lifeless as a single tear fell. He fell forward, and didn't move.
"Yugi! Yugi, wake up!" Téa said kneeling next to him. "Yugi! Please!" She started to cry.
"C'mon, Yugi! Wake up!" Joey shouted as tears filled his eyes. "C'mon, buddy! Wake up!"
"It's useless..." Bakura said with a hint of amusement. "He can't hear you... His mind is no longer here..." He smiled and walked away.
"Seto, what happened to Yugi?" Mokuba asked as he looked up at his brother.
"I don't know. And to be honest, I don't care." Seto replied. He also started walking away, Mokuba followed.
"This isn't real..." Tristan told himself. "It can't be..."
"I do hope your friend is okay..." Marik said.
"Namu... You don't understand... He's...." Duke started, but couldn't continue.
"Oh... I see..." Marik replied, trying his hardest not to laugh. "Well... I wish you the best..." He turned and walked to the elevator. As soon as the door shut behind him, he burst out laughing. By the time the elevator reached the first floor, he was rolling on the floor laughing.
"You're such an embarrassment..." Bakura muttered upon seeing him. Marik realized the doors were open. He stood up, cleared his throat, and stepped out.
"Good job..." He then realized Bakura was wearing the Millennium Puzzle. "You know... That looks really tacky..."
"What?" Bakura replied.
"Wearing the Ring and the Puzzle... You look like a dork..." Marik said. Bakura, who didn't quite know what that 'dork' meant, looked confused.
"Um... Thank you?" He replied. Marik rolled his eyes.
"And you call me an embarrassment..." He muttered to himself as he walked away.
'I'll let him hold onto them for awhile... I'll win them from him later anyways...' Marik thought as he glanced back at Bakura, who was spit-shining the puzzle.
1 As the finals progressed, two out of the remaining six were eliminated. One more battle was to take place. Seto and Ishizu were preparing there decks. The three who remained where Bakura, Marik, and Joey. They would land at the sight for the finals in only two days.
Tea sighed. She had been in Yugi's room ever since Bakura beat him. She looked at him, and for a minute almost thought she saw his eyes open. She sighed. They weren't going to open. She knew, but she couldn't admit it to herself.
"T'ea?" Tristan said as he walked into the room. She turned her head in response. "T'ea, you've been in here for almost three days now..."
"I can't leave him, Tristan. What if he wakes up?" T'ea said. Tristan sighed and sat down next to her. "I want to be right here with him if he does..."
"T'ea..." Tristan trailed off. There was silence. Tristan looked over and saw the T'ea was crying. "T'ea, its okay..." He said putting a hand on her shoulder.
"But, Tristan, He's gone! You know as well as I do that we can't bring him back from the shadow realm!" She pulled away from Tristan. "Where he is there's no coming back without the power of a Millennium Item!" She sobbed.
"Don't worry, T'ea." He said, putting his arms around her. "Joey's going to beat Bakura, and get the Puzzle back. Everything will be okay..." T'ea continued to cry.
"I can't believe that! As hard as I try I can't! I try to be optimistic; I try to believe in Joey! I just can't! He's gone and he's not coming back!" T'ea shouted. She cried into his chest. All the while he still had his arms around her.
"It'll be okay..." Tristan whispered. They sat in silence.
Bakura carefully unwrapped the cloth around his arm. Over the past few days it had almost completely healed. All that was left was a small scar. He threw away the cloth and looked over at Marik.
"Everything is working out perfectly..." Bakura said. "They're playing right into our hands..." They both smirked.
"And when the tournament is over, we'll possess all three Egyptian god Cards and most of the Millennium Items..." Marik started.
"And when we get the final two, the world will be ours!" Bakura finished. "There's just one problem... What happens when we have to face each other?"
"Well, one of us will have to throw the duel..." Marik replied. "But we'll dwell on that later." Bakura eyed Marik suspiciously, but said nothing.
Joey walked down the hallway after watching Ishizu and Seto's duel. Seto won, of course. He sighed as passed the door to Yugi's room. He tried not to think about were Yugi was. He was about to enter, when a voice called him.
"Joey..." Ishizu said.
"Oh, hi, Ishizu..." Joey replied. His voice wasn't his normal energetic, peppy, and tough voice it once was. Now it was full of only depression.
"I want you to have this." She said, as she took off her Millennium Necklace and held it out to him. "It is of no use to me now... But I'm not sure if you have a use for it."
"Nah... You should keep it." Joey replied. "I don't know how to use it anyway..." Joey felt that he should take it, but he couldn't. It was Ishizu's.
"I need you to protect it for me..." She said quietly. "My brother will be coming after it soon..."
"Your brother?" Joey replied. 2
"Marik Ishtar..." Ishizu trailed off.
"Why should you worry about him? I kicked his but, remember?" Joey said, recalling there duel. Ishizu shook her head.
"That wasn't the real Marik... The one you call Namu is..." Ishizu once again held out the necklace. "Please, take it, Joey. I can no longer hold onto it..." Joey took the necklace.
"But, I'm still confuesed..." Joey said.
"All will be revealed in time..." Ishizu said before turning and walking to her room.
3'Joey, have you lost faith?' Joey turned to see who appeared to be Yugi, leaning against the wall with his arms crossed and a slight smile on his face. He was transparent and almost not visible. But he quickly faded away. Joey looked down at the necklace.
"No..." Joey replied as he clenched the necklace. "Never! Yugi, I swear I'll bring you back!" He shouted at no one. He put the necklace in his pocket. Full of new hope, he pushed open the door to Yugi's room to find Tristan and T'ea already there. T'ea still had tears coming down her cheeks.
"Hey, Joey..." Tristan said quietly. T'ea just continued to cry itno Tristan's chest.
"Is he doing any better?" Joey asked. Tristan said nothing. "Are you sure?" Tristan nodded. "Not a word!?" Surly that vision meant SOMTHING!?
"Not a word..." Tristan replied. Joey sighed.
'I guess I was wrong... Maybe it didn't mean anything...' He thought as he turned to leave. He sighed, his new hope disappearing as he walked through the door. Just then, Marik came walking down the hallway.
"Oh, hello, Joey." He said in his fake innocent voice. All he received was a glare. He looked puzzled. "What?" he asked as Joey continued to glare.
"Give it up, Marik!" He growled.
"So you finally figured it out... It sure took you long enough." He said with a smirk. "Yes, it's true.... I am Marik Ishtar...."
"I'm never gonna forgive you for this, Marik!" Joey shouted. Marik chuckled
"Do you really think I care?" Marik replied. Joey drew back his hand to punch him. Marik pulled the Millennium Rod from his belt loop and held it in front of him. "Just try!" Marik shouted warningly.
"Coward…" Joey muttered as he lowered his fist. Marik didn't seem to notice his remark.
"Namu!?" Tristan said as the door slid open. His eyes widened at the sight of the Millennium Rod.
Seto still had a smirk on his face from his last victory as he walked down the hallway, with Mokuba at his side.
"Seto," Mokuba said quietly looking up at his brother. "I'm worried about Yugi… He's been unconscious ever since his duel with Ryou and-" Seto cut in before he could finish.
"Mokuba," He said firmly. "Don't tell me you actually believe what Joey told you… It's nothing but lies…"
"But, Seto, why would he lie about something like this?" Mokuba asked, Seto didn't reply, but kept waling down the hall. "Seto?"
"It's all a lie…" Seto said, sounding unsure of himself. "I don't know what really happened to Yugi, but I won't let it distract me from winning this tournament... Now... Off to the battle city finals!"
Lisa: I can write no more for now!
Seto & Tristan: You're back!?
Lisa: Yes. And I can't write about my poor little Yugi-kun any longer! Not until I get some reviews anyway...
Elizabeth: Oh, pluh-lease!
Lisa: Shut up! By the way, Seto...
Seto: AH! runs for cover
Lisa: Great job on starting the fic for me!
Seto: Sigh of relief
Yugi: chibi eyes Please review... And no flames!
1: If I had time to write all the duels... Well that would just be sad… And it would make the story WAAAAAAAY to long.
2: I know they knew about Marik a long time ago, but I just wanted this story to be a little bit different...
3: I figured, 'What the Henry, I like this part.' So I added it... only with Yugi... I liked it...