"I don't remember being cloned."

"You wouldn't. Hard to keep things straight when your souls are among those of the shadows." Kaiba sneered.

"Pegasus?"

"Who else," Kaiiba shrugged. " As much as I know you were cloned during Duelist tournament. After your body was sent away, Pegasus stole your DNA to make me, a Kaiba who would listen to him and hand over his company."

"What?"

"If you, in the flesh, handed over your company to the board, Pegasus would gain direct control of Kaiba Corp."

"So he used me to get my company."

"Of course." Kaiba spit.

"Fucking bastard." Kaiiba laughed and shrugged.

"As I was saying… Pegasus soon became unable to continue his project, and I was born to walk the world free. Well, not exactly free. I had no sense of purpose, but all of the emotions of a Kaiba. I was alone until a radio frequency in Pegasus castle clicked on. I latched to it and soon realized that it was a man promising me power like I could have never dreamed. I escaped Pegasus' Duelist Kingdom and found myself three of the best Duelist I could find. Loyal to me, well not me, to Kaiba. I used them to infiltrate the castle of the ancient X and resurrect Exodia behind me."

"Impressive story clone, but I'm not ready to let you go yet!" Kaiiba looked over to Joey who still had has duel disk emitting light.

"Shut up Wheeler." Kaiiba looked over to Dark Yami who was leaning up against the wall. "I have bigger fish to fry."

"You mean me?" Dark Yami pointed to himself innocently. "What did I do?"

"You plan on taking the Exodia power for yourself!"

"Hmph. So did you." Kaiiba shook his fist.

"You said I could have it!"

"I did not. I said 'you will walk in this world like you never have before.'"

"Silence!" Kaiiba's duel disk whirred to life. "We duel!"

"Not so fast." Kaiba leaned against the wall breathing heavily obviously injured. Marik ran up to him and threw Kaiba's arm over his shoulder and supported his weight. "No clone of mine will walk this earth."

"You'll deal with it, for now we duel."

Kaiiba: 4000 Dark Yami: 4000

"You have the audacity to challenge me?"

"I will win. I must win."

"So we duel for the power of Exodia and the right to the throne?"

"It starts now." Kaiiba drew a card. "I'll set this card face down. And summon Blitz Dragon. (1900/0) I end my turn."

"You can draw any card you want and choose these cards?" Kaiiba's eyes widened.

"Silence." Dark Yami laughed and looked at the back of his palm lazily.

"The truth is fickle isn't it?"

"What do you mean?"

"Always in motion truth. What is truth but opinions everyone agrees on?" Kaiiba's eyebrow arched.

"Don't push your mumbo mind twirling crap on me." Dark Yami laughed.

" 'Mumbo mind twirling?' My that was very impressive." Kaiiba ran his hand through his hair angrily.

"Just duel."

"Fine," Dark Yami drew. "I don't get it though? So weak when you were made…"

"Enough no more chatting!"

"Nervous Kaiiba?"

"You wish. Just go."

"I'll play Card destruction. You know the drill." Kaiiba and Dark Yami discarded their remaining hand and drew. "I'll play this card facedown. Then I'll play Monster Reborn. Bring back Dark Magician! (2500/2100)" Kaiiba frowned. "This is my Nakaba's favorite and loyal card. I knew him as Mahado. Loyal servant he was. Loyal to me, and eager for me to gain the throne." Dark Yami sighed. "But I never saw that day," His eyes blinked rapidly like coming out of a trance. "Have I mumbled off? O yes I believe the sword of Dark Destruction adding 400 attack points to my Magician but lowering its defense by 200." (2900/1900) "Attack now!"

"You fell into my trap." Dark Yami mouthed out Kaiiba's words in mockery.

"Blah, blah, blah. Probably something easy to deflect like Mirror Force right?"

"How…?"

"This card chain burst. It inflicts 1000 life point damage if you activate a trap."

"That still doesn't stop my trap!"

"It doesn't if Loyal Trapman wasn't in my hand. By discarding him and paying 500 life points I can stop a trap. So go now! Attack!"

Kaiiba: 2000 Dark Yami: 3500

"Will I even break a sweat in this duel?"

"I'm not defeated so easily. For I too will play monster reborn bringing back my Blue Eyes White Dragon! (3000/2500) Attack!"

"Obvious play, but I can't stop it."

Kaiiba: 2000 Dark Yami: 3400

"My turn. Dark Hole. Bye, bye Dragon."

"No!"

"Now I'll summon Neo the Magic Swordsman in attack position. (1700/1000) Attack now!"

Kaiiba: 300 Dark Yami: 3400

"I'll play two cards facedown and summon Battle Ox! (1700/1000) Then I'll activate Mystic Forge Hammer Adding 600 attack points to a Warrior or Beast-warrior monster! Attack now!"

Kaiiba: 300 Dark Yami: 2800

"Yawn. I play dispel to get rid of your hammer, and then White Mage of the few in attack position (1800/0) Attack."

Kaiiba: 200 Dark Yami: 2800

"Enough. I'll summon La Jinn the Mystic Genie of the Lamp (1800/1000) Attack now!" Both monsters evaporated in smoke.

"That was pointless. We now both have no monsters."

"You'll see this duel isn't over yet!"

"What do you think Joey?"

"Huh?" Joey peeled his eyes away from the duel to look at Marik. Kaiba was slumped over his shoulder and looked like he might have passed out from pain.

"About the clone." Joey shook his head.

"I'm not sure. You got any ideas?"

"I'm not sure." Marik closed his eyes as in deep thought. "I… can't sense evil in him though. In fact, I can't since a soul at all…"

"Hey Yami, is that really a clone?" Yugi sat on a stair opening his eyes to view Light Yami again and pausing his view on the duel. Light Yami sighed and shrugged his shoulders.

"I can feel my Kuragari's emotions. And I sensed surprise when Kaiiba called himself a clone." Yami's eyes opened up. "But I don't trust this game at all."

"I win then Kaiiba. I summon Celtic Guardian in attack position. (1400/1200) Attack."

"Ha. Activate Hallowed Life Barrier by discarding a card no Life point damage for me."

"You lured me into an attack?"

"I lured you into summoning a weak monster. I summon Vorse Raider! (1900/ 1200) and attack!"

Kaiiba: 200 Dark Yami: 2300

"So sad that this duel must end."

"I can't lose. The power will be mine! I was robbed power from Pegasus and Yugi. But it won't be taken from me again."

"It will, with one simple card…" Dark Yami flipped over Mind Control.

"No!"

"Your Vorse raider is mine. And as are your life points."

Kaiiba: 0 Dark Yami: 2300

"So this is it. We must defeat Dark Yami to stop this madness."

"I'm ready." Joey and Marik nodded.

"How did I lose?" Kaiiba was on the ground with his hands behind his head."

"Send him to the shadows Yami!" Marik yelled.

"Ha. The shadows? Such a fate is not possible for a creature like this."

"Why?"

"He has no soul." Marik and Joy reeled back in shock. But Kaiiba remained silent on the floor.

"Clones don't have a soul?"

"I don't know if clones have a soul. But he's no clone." Dark Yami yelled in anger and drove his fist into Kaiiba's back. Kaiiba remained motionless as Dark Yami's fist hit the ground right threw him. Dark Yami slowly pulled his hand out but Kaiiba remained unharmed without a scratch on him. "He is no clone. He is a hologram." Dark Yami smiled, "The last and most deadly trick of Pegasus."