It was late at night almost 8:30, and Seto Kaiba was just about to finish off his opponent who had put up a good fight until Kaiba played his strongest card.

"Now Obelisk, crush this poor excuse of a duelist! God Hand Crusher!" Obelisk absorbed Kaiba's Battle Ox and his Blood Vors and then hurled his powerful fist annihilating his five monsters on the field and devastating his life points.

"What kind of a card is this!?" the duelist shouted as his life points began to plunge to zero.

"This is the messenger of your demise, he's the Lord of Destruction," Kaiba said. "You should be honored I'm defeating you with it!"

The defeated duelist dropped to his knees and gave Kaiba his remaining six star chips now giving Kaiba a total of 12. Kaiba took the star chips and left the duelist who walked towards the docks.

'This is pathetic,' Kaiba thought to himself. 'I've dueled three times on this island and each duelist thought they had the advantage I guess the best duelists will be in the finals. And if Salazar gave me back my God Card, then he probably gave Yugi back Osiris. Well that will be in Yugi's possession for the time being.'

~Meanwhile~

Yugi Joey and Michael arrived back to the area they agreed to reside in; the stick Michael had previously stuck in the ground was still there. As they sat down, Yugi gave Michael his card Dark Force back.

"Thanks," Yugi said. "If you hadn't have put that in my deck, who knows what could've happened."

"Well, I was pretty sure Panik would've used defense monsters and what better to give him something that throws all his strategies out the window." Michael said.

"Speakin' of cards," Joey said. "Which card is your favorite, the one you must relate to?"

"My favorite card?" Michael asked and he began looking through his deck. "Never really thought about it. But I'd have to say... this card, Dimensional Warrior."

Joey looked at its stats: 1200/1000 and said, "With those stats it isn't too much to brag about it."

"Well its effect sure as hell will make up for it," Michael said. "It has won me tons of duels. Well what are your guys' favorite cards?"

Joey thumbed through his deck and pulled it out, "I like the Flame Swordsman, that's my all-time favorite."

Yugi looked through his deck and took out, "Well my favorite's the Dark Magician, hands down."

"Both of those cards are cool looking," Michael said. "And they work in a fusion, I believe."

"Yeah they make the Black Flare Knight," Yugi said. "And when destroyed by a stronger monster, you don't get any battle damage and you can bring out the Mirage Knight and it can devastate any monster and its owner's life points."

"Yeah," Michael said. "I'd hate to take on one of those."

The three of them talked about cards, combos, and what they think is going to happen in the tournament until they talked until Midnight.

As Yugi slept, he awoke to find Michael and Joey were sound asleep against tree trunks but what he also saw was the Spirit of the Puzzle waiting for Yugi to awake.

"Yami?" Yugi asked while yawning. "What is it?"

"It was about that vision you had just yesterday," Yami explained. "Now that it's a day later, why don't you try seeing that vision, it seems really important."

"Okay," Yugi said as he pulled out the Millennium Tauk (Necklace) and placed it on his neck.

Yugi closed his eyes and began focusing and concentrating hard, focusing on the vision and when he opened his eyes, it was the same vision. However the vision was much clearer. Yami Yugi was dueling against a black robed man, but the hood hid his face. Joey was cheering Yugi on to give him some more confidence. On Yugi's side of the field, he had Alpha the Magnet Warrior (1400/1700) in defense mode, Neo the Magic Swordsman (1700/1000) in attack mode, and Giant Soldier of Stone (1300/2000) in defense mode.

On the black robed man's side of the field were Zombyra the Dark (2100/500), Ceremonial Bell (0/1850), and Darkfire Soldier #2 (1700/1100) all in attack mode.

Then, Future Yami Yugi said, "The end is now! I'll sacrifice my three monsters to bring out Saint Dragon God Osiris!" As the three monsters vanished the enormous, two-mouthed, red dragon appeared and roared, but the image began to look scratchy but before he could see anything else, he returned back to reality.

Yugi collapsed to the ground but from all his focusing, but he was hit over the head by a black robed man.

Joey had suddenly awoken and saw what the black robed man did and shouted, "Yugi! That's it you're dead!" Joey charged and tackled the black robed man and threw off his hood revealing one of Duelist Kingdom's suits, he could tell by the dark glasses. But that Joey didn't stop from beating the suit silly with a few punches knocking him out.

Yugi got up and looked around to only see Michael was gone, "Uh Joey, where's Michael?"

Joey got up and said, "I thought you knew."

Then, a strike of intuition hit the both of them like a ton of bricks when a flash of light came not too far from where they were standing.

"Let's try there," Yugi said and they ran off fast towards where the flash was.

When they arrived, it was too late. Another black robed man was on a dueling platform and a defeated Michael lied on the ground, and seemed to be unconscious.

"Michael!" Yugi and Joey shouted in unison.

Joey ran to go get Michael, but five other black robed men stepped in and one said to Joey while pulling out a gun, "Get back to that side of the arena, or we won't be responsible of what could happen to you or your friend."

Joey got really mad and stepped back by Yugi.

"You, Muto," said the black robed man's voice that sounded like it was being controlled by someone on the dueling platform. "Get on that platform, not for star chips but for your Puzzle and your friend."

"What?!" Yugi shouted. "You people will stop at nothing to get that puzzle, I won't wager it."

"I thought you'd deny it," the man said as he snapped his finger then the five black robed men on the ground each pulled out guns, cocked them and aimed them all at Michael's head.

"No!" shouted Yugi. "Okay I'll duel by your rules..."

Joey was extremely ticked off now as he raised a clenched fist but dared not move for Michael's sake.

Yugi was equally mad but before he could do something, from behind him came another blow to his head from the black robed man Joey failed to knock out.

"Yugi!" Joey shouted as he went to tackle the suit again, but a suit pointed a gun at him signaling Joey to step away from the black robed man and Joey did but not before the black robed man gave Joey a punch, which he could to nothing about.

Yugi was knocked out from the last hit he took but his puzzle illuminated and he transformed into his darker half, got up and told the black robed man on the platform, "I shall duel you, for the sake of my puzzle and the sake of my friend, but if I win this duel none of you can insure you'll still be in this world!"

Yami Yugi stepped up on the platform and it rose to face the black robed man.

"This is one of my eliminators, but under these circumstances, I'll be controlling him to duel, you may call us Nightmare." The black robed man told Yugi.

Yugi shuffled his deck and said, "Salazar, you've reached a new low, I can never forgive you of this."

"I never expected you to," Nightmare/Salazar said.

"Let's DUEL!" they both shouted and their life points went up to 8000.

"I'll start," Nightmare/Salazar said. "I'll play Gadget Soldier (1800/2000) in attack mode and I'll play the magic card Revival of Dokurider and by sacrificing my Gadget Soldier I can Ritual Summon my Ritual monster, Dokurider (1900/1850)." As thunder roared and crashed on the field it took Gadget Soldier and in a smoking crater, out-rode a Demon riding on a motorcycle with a dragon-like skull on the front. "And I'll end my turn."

Yami Yugi's turn-

Yugi glanced over at the card and knew he didn't have anything to destroy the card so he said, "I play one card face down in defense mode and I'll play one card face down ending my turn." One large card appeared sideways and behind it was another large card behind it facing forward.

Nightmare/Salazar's turn-

"Well if you think you're getting the better of me, you're sadly mistaken," Nightmare/Salazar said as he drew his card. "I play Cold Wave, making it so you can't set or activate your magic or trap cards until my next turn." It was so and Yugi's large card was frozen in a block of ice. "And now Dokurider, attack his face down card, Full Throttle Wheelie!" The motorcycle-riding zombie put on the gas and shot towards Yugi's facedown card and he leaned black and the spiked wheel was about to strike down on the card, it was flipped face up and a huge rock endured the attack.

"I may not have any monsters in my hand that can destroy your Dokurider, but defending it is a different matter, with my Giant Soldier of Stone (1300/2000)." Yugi told him.

Nightmare/Salazar: 7900

Yami Yugi: 8000

"That's showin' him Yugi!" Joey said.

Yami Yugi's turn-

Yugi drew his card and smiled, "I'll sacrifice my Giant Soldier of Stone to bring out my Summoned Skull (2500/1200)! Now Summoned Skull, attack Dokurider! Lightning Strike!" The boned demon gathered electricity in its claws and fired a ball of lightning, scorching Dokurider, knocking him clear off his motorcycle and off the field. "And I'll end my turn."

Nightmare/Salazar: 7300

Yami Yugi: 8000

Nightmare/Salazar's turn-

Yugi's face down card had thawed out and Nightmare drew his card and said, "I play one monster face down in defense mode and one magic or trap card face down ending my turn."

Yami Yugi's turn-

Yugi drew his card and looked over to the face down card and said, "I'll play Neo the Magic Swordsman in attack mode and with Summoned Skull, I'll attack your face down card, with Lightning Strike!" As the Summoned Skull began to gather electrical energy, Nightmare flipped his face down card and a purple mask with horns appeared and latched onto Summoned Skull's face.

"I activated my trap card, Mask of Weakness, decreasing your Summoned Skulls attack power to 1800." Nightmare/Salazar said.

As Summoned Skull continued to gather energy but the mask glowed purple and as the blast fired, it got a bit smaller and as it closed in on the card, an explosion was made with a cloud of dust. When the dust cleared, a bloated Mummy was there wielding a big axe.

"That would be my Giant Axe Mummy (1700/2000), and with his effect, any card that attacks with a monster with an attack power lower than my mummy's defense, they get destroyed." Nightmare/Salazar explained.

The bloated mummy lifted his axe up and ran up to Summoned Skull and axed him on his chest and that sent the masked Summoned Skull to the graveyard.

Nightmare/Salazar: 7300

Yami Yugi: 7800

Nightmare/Salazar's turn-

Nightmare drew his card and said, "I'll play one magic or trap card face down, ending my turn."

Yami Yugi's turn-

Yugi drew his card and said, "I'll play Dark Magician Girl and I'll equip her with Magic Formula increasing her attack power to 2500," as the female spellcaster drank from the bottle, she glowed green. "Now Dark Magician Girl attack Giant Axe Mummy!" She did so by firing a green blast of energy towards the bloated zombie and it was destroyed, but as the Mummy fell, Nightmare flipped his facedown card.

"I activate Ring of Destruction, and I choose to destroy your Dark Magician Girl," as the huge metal ring with flames ignited all around appeared, the flames hit Dark Magician Girl, sending her to the graveyard and burning both Nightmare and Yami Yugi's life points down by 2500."

As the flames vanished, Yugi's turn wasn't over, "You forgot about my Magic Swordsman, now Neo, attack his life points directly!" The Magic Swordsman placed his index and middle finger on to his sword and glowed blue and he ran up and slashed Nightmare across the chest.

Nightmare/Salazar: 3100

Yami Yugi: 5300

Nightmare/Salazar's turn-

Nightmare drew his card and said, "I play Pot of Greed and Graceful Charity," he drew five more cards and sent two to the graveyard. "And now I'll play one card face down in defense mode."

Yami Yugi's turn-

Yami Yugi thought, 'He must have a powerful defender on the field and next turn he'll sacrifice it to bring out an even stronger one. But I need a strong one as well.'

Yami Yugi drew his card and it was just what he needed, 'Osiris! This card would be extremely useful to use against him, but I should only use it in an emergency. But this is an emergency, I have to save Michael.

"I'll play Monster Reborn reviving my Giant Soldier of Stone (1300/2000) in defense mode and I'll also play Alpha the Magnet Warrior in defense mode as well." Yugi said. "And I'll end my turn."

Nightmare/Salazar's turn-

Nightmare drew his card and laughed, "I'll play Premature Burial, by paying 800 life points, I'll revive Zombyra the Dark (2100/500), I'll also play Monster Reborn reviving Dark Fire Soldier #2 (1700/1100) and I'll also play Ceremonial Bell (0/1850) in defense mode, and from Ceremonial Bell's effect, we have to show each other our hands as long as it's face up on the field."

They showed each other their hands and in Nightmare's hand were Shadow of Eyes, Opticlops (1800/1700) and Fissure.

In Yugi's hands were Curse of Dragon (2000/1500) and Saint Dragon God Osiris (X000/X000).

"Well look what you've got," Nightmare/Salazar said. "I'll end my turn."

Yugi's turn-

Yami Yugi drew his card and said, "The end is now! I'll sacrifice my three monsters to bring out Saint Dragon God Osiris!" As the three monsters vanished the enormous, two-mouthed, red dragon appeared and roared, but the image began to look scratchy, the image looked really messed up, it was as if the card wasn't being recognized. Then Osiris vanished from the field leaving the field.

"WHAT!?" Yami Yugi shouted. "What happened?!"

To Be Continued...