HEY EVERYONE! Yup I'm back!! I took that long vacation to get my ideas out and I'm finally drained of the other ideas so now I've got some for this story ^^

I'm thinking about changing my name..i don't like numbers in my screen name if I can help it.I think I'll change it to dragon_on_ice or shcizo_dragon what do you think? ^-^' well anyways here we go..

~~~chapter 13: Danger!~~~

Malik reached for his millennium rod with an evil grin across his face. The rod glowed and he snickered under his breath.

Out on the dock, Tara stopped dead in her tracks. The rest of the girls stopped as well, wondering what was wrong.

"Hey Tara?" Eden said, waving her hand in front Tara's blank face.

Tara just stood there. Then, in the middle of trying to snap Tara out of it, Eden's hands fell to her sides and she too, obtained a blank stare. Confused, Faith and Kylie just stood there scratching their heads. Finally, Kylie stood motionless, leaving Faith in complete mystery as to what was going on. Faith tried to snap them out of it but was unsuccessful.

Just when she thought things couldn't get any weirder, the three entranced girls began to walk, as if invisible strings attached to their legs were pulling them along, pulled by some unknown puppeteer. They moved at incredible speed and stopped at a pile of chains near a large boat. They took the cuffs attached to the chains and locked them around their ankles. The chains were going up, secured to a large anchor, which was supported by a crane as Faith saw. When the cuffs were secure around their ankles, they began walking once more. The crane followed.

Faith could hear odd noises in the background. Screams and shouts of people, and some sort of odd wailing, as if from a wounded animal. The sounds got louder as they walked.

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Malik attacked with meteor after meteor, greatly weakening the red eyes. It wailed in pain. Joey was persistent on trying to break free from Malik's grasp. Yugi was weak as well. He tried everything he could think of to get Joey back to his right mind. In another shaky attempt, Yugi dragged himself along over to Joey.

"Here Joey, take my puzzle." Yugi said, taking off his puzzle and putting it onto Joey's neck.

Malik tried to make Joey throw a piece of it into the ocean. Once again Joey resisted. Yugi was his best friend. He couldn't do that to him. Placing the piece back where it belongs. They continue the duel. ~~~ Meanwhile, Duke, Shizuka, and Honda finally get away from the rare hunters. They end up running into Mai in the street. They tell her that they're looking for Joey. Mai rushes them in her car and speeds off. ~~~ The girls had arrived at a spot where two people were dueling. The only person Faith was familiar with was Kaiba. Tara, Kylie and Eden walked out onto a small dock that was jutting out near another concrete dock that was supporting some sort of chair and a crane holding a large crate over it. The crane holding the girls' chains moved so that the anchor was suspended over the water.

Yugi looked over to see what was going on. The entranced Tara turned to him.

"Yugi, if you win this match, all of you friends will fall into the sea. Will you risk the lives of all of us?"

Yugi was now in a state of shock. He knew he had to loose. He heard the screeching of tires as a car containing Shizuka, Honda, Duke and Mai stopped abruptly near Kaiba. They got out and rushed over.

"Joey!" Shizuka calls, and begins to remove her bandages.

"NO! Shizuka don't take your bandages off yet! Joey isn't himself right now!" Anzu yelled.

In a last ditch effort to help, Kaiba gets out his communicator. Malik is able to assume control of Joey once more and plays the death meteor card. Joey manages to break free once more but cannot stop the card from play. Yugi plays the spirit mirror card to redirect the blast. He held it for a while. Suddenly, Kaiba's helicopter arrives. Kaiba threw one of his cards at the rare hunter's hand causing him to drop the remote. Then Kaiba's helicopter dragged the crane into the sea. Unfortunately, there was nothing he could do for the other girls.

Yugi tells Joey he loves him and that he was a great friend. Then Yugi directs the meteor at himself. Yugi's life points drop to zero and Joey's box opens. Joey ordered the red eyes to attack him and cause his life points to drop to zero as well.

While that was happening, Faith, who had rushed over with the rest of the onlookers was panicking. They had to do something for the others as well. They were still in danger. Kylie walked over to the person in the crane. The rare hunter thought she was still under the control of Malik so did not think much of it. He regretted it when he got a swift punch in the nose. He tumbled out of the crane clutching his bloody nose. Kylie threatened him with another punch if he didn't get lost.

Faith saw this and was much more relieved until the screams of Shizuka and the others caught her attention again. Shizuka had removed her bandages and was now diving into the water. Yugi had already risen to the surface after Joey unlocked his shackles. Soon after Joey and Shizuka resurfaced. When Joey tried to apologize, Mai slapped him. She told him about how much Shizuka looked up to him. He came to his senses.

In the background they heard some quarreling. They turned to see who it was. In the bright orange light of the setting sun they could see the other three girls, still in their shackles trying to figure out a way to get free. Tara was banging the shackle against the jagged edge of the dock, while Kylie and Eden had a battle of wits. Eden started yelling a little louder and Kylie flailed her arms about. Eden shook her fist in frustration then pounced on Kylie. Kylie ran around franticly trying to get Eden away from her. The scene was so comical the rest of the group couldn't help but laugh. They ran over ad tried the key that Shizuka had used. It worked an the girls were free.

Kylie stood holding her arm where Eden had bit her, Eden Sat on the ground with her arms and legs crossed in anger, and Tara continued, absent- mindedly banging her leg on the side of the dock. Everyone snickered a little and then they began to head for the finals. ~~~~~~~~~~ A/n: YAY! Aren't you happy? Yes I feel a bit better now. Hopefully I won't have anymore writers block. But I see no one reviewed my morbidly misunderstood story.;_; please tell me if its good? Pleeeaaasssee? **Puppy dog eyes**