Battle of Yami and Hikari

Hermione watched in horror as the Yami she had known, the one that she had loved had become the brutal fiend that she saw before her. She would not believe it. "Isis!" she screeched.

"Hermione!" came Isis' reply.

"What should we do?"

"Run, Hermione, before the ancient magic seals us within."

"What does that mean?"

"Since we were not affected by the amulet, we can be sealed inside it, its too complicated, just run!"

"Okay," said Hermione, she turned to run but then hesitated. It didn't feel right just abandoning them. But she listened to Isis. When she reached the edge of the forrest, she burst into tears. Yami had depended on her and she had just run away. A moment later Isis came out behind her breathing heavily. "Isis, I don't feel right about this. I mean Yami came to me and trusted me and now I'm abandoning him."

"Hermione," Isis assured her, "Yami would not be happy if you had stayed and gotten yourself locked away within Voldemort's amulet."

"Okay, I guess you're right," she admitted, "But we should get Harry and Ron to help us now."

"Okay, we will next time," Isis said.

"Next time? Why not now?" Hermione questioned.

"Before I left, I yelled to escape as soon as possible from Voldemort's trap. And I know that Kaiba, my brother and possibly Yugi and Shizuka will escape and they will meet us back at the castle. But all we can do is wait now."

Already bruised and bleeding, Yugi fought on against Yami. He could not believe that the one person that he had trusted above everyone in the world was fighting against him and possibly trying to kill him. He groaned as Yami threw another punch at him. He lunged hoping to dodge it but sadly, he was hit right in his stomach. He fell backward and cried out in pain as his Millennium Puzzle slamed against his forehead. My Millennium Puzzle! he thought. That's what I still have! He looked up at Yami and noticed that it wasn't hanging around his neck too. I don't know what I can do, but I atleast have a hope now!

He clamped his eyes shut and tried to concentrate on what he needed to accomplish. Escaping this horrible scene, that's what he needed to do. He opened his eyes to see Yami grinning sadisticly above him. One last thought that's all he had left in him. He used his last surge of energy to concentrate on that thought.

He collapsed and then the Millennium Puzzle emitted a powerful glow that only Yami seemed to see. His eyes widened as he was engulfed by the light and was sucked back into the Millennium Puzzle.

In the corner of his eye, Kaiba saw Yugi collapse and Yami disappear. For a second he wondered what happened but then thought less of it. He had his own fight to win. He would win it his way. By brute force, not by some ancient magic like Yugi. He was probly the least worn out of the crew and Seth's energy was running down fast although he was still a challenge.

Seth took advantage of Kaiba's distraction and threw a hard punch at his head. Luckily Kaiba saw Seth just in time to take a quick step to the side. Unable to stop his attack, Seth plunged onto the ground hard, flipping several times before hitting a tree. Kaiba walked over to him and kicked him in his gut causing him to groan and then disappear like Yami had. He battle won he turned his attention to Shizuka, hoping to help her out a bit.

Shizuka, like Yugi, had very little energy left. She could barely move her left leg, and the right one was not much better. Her mouth was filled with the salty tatse of blood. She had struggled from the very beginning in this fight against her dark half. Since her legs were useless, she was contained to the ground, with almost ensured Serenity's victory.

"Aren't you done yet?" Serenity taunted malevolently. She laughed as if she were a witch. She was unmarked by any bruises and hadn't a scracth on her. She smirked throwing one final deadly punch at Shizuka.

Kaiba watched in agony as his true love was about to be killed by her mirror image. He sprinted over tackling Serenity to the ground. She soon pushed him off and threw him aside. "Isn't this sweet?" she cackled, "Loverboy coming to the rescue. Sadly he's too late," Her maniacal laughter killed the night as she finished Shizuka off with a blow that would have surely killed Shizuka if Serenity were not a spirit. But it did knock Shizuka into the Shadow Realm. And still laughing, Serenity was sucked back into Voldemort's amulet.

"Shizuka!" Kaiba screeched stumbling over to her limp body. Standing over her, he fell to his knees, sobbing relentlessly. He pulled her body close and held her tight. Then, still sobbing, he picked her up and silently carried her back to the castle.

Ryou's case was even more hopeless than Shizuka's within mere minutes, Bakura had him in the position that Serenity had Shizuka in. But Bakura was a lot more merciless than Serenity. He watsed no time toting with Ryou, but went right to business. And very soon Ryou's limp body fell to the ground and Bakura returned to the Amulet.

Malik and Marik's fight was very bloody indeed. Malik had immediately resorted to the dagger hidden within his Millennium Rod. He kept aiming for Marik's head but always struck his chest. Both of them were bleeding from head to toe. If Marik had held the Millennium Rod, he would have already vanquished Malik. But Malik had it was doing all he could to hit Marik with each strike.

Finally Malik got a brilliant idea. He quickly kicked Marik between the legs and Marik fell over in pain onto his back. Malik struck quickly and drove the dagger into Marik's back. Marik disappeared in pain and Maik emeraged victorious.

He managed to wake Yugi so that he could walk back to the castle and Malik carried Ryou on his back.