Yuri looked around the room as he walked in, it was much like the room he faced Mokuba in, only difference there was an opening that led to a hall. Yuri also noticed another door to the far end of the room. Yuri had enough with doors for a while and he decided to walk down the hall. Yuri moved slowly and cautiously, the hall finally widened at the end and it developed into another room.
The first thing Yuri noticed about this room was how brightly it was lit up. The room was filled with lots of torches to get the room as bright as possible then from the other rooms. The next thing Yuri noticed was the walls. The walls were filled with Egyptian writings, showing pictures of the Pharaoh.
Yuri then realized that it was telling a story. Yuri then tried to move from artifact to artifact trying to find the beginning of it. Yuri then moved to almost the end of the long room and found the order of which the artifacts went in to tell the story. Yuri then began to read the walls.
"Long ago there was an evil, the evil took Egypt apart piece by piece, and the power was so strong that it the people called the help of the Pharaoh. The pharaoh then faced the evil summoning his monsters; the evil summoned his monsters to face the pharaoh's monsters. The battle raged on with the monsters growing stronger and stronger and neither side giving up….then with the last bit of his power the pharaoh summoned his strongest monsters and not only sent the evil to the shadow realm, but he split his soul into two parts, this however took the rest of the Pharaoh's strength, and the Pharaoh resided within the millennium puzzle. The evil soul that was split escaped the shadow realm and……ah crap, I can't read the rest," said Yuri.
The last parts of the writings were faded. Yuri then looked at his puzzle, this led to even more questions that he had. If this evil had escaped it must have took the two pieces about 5000 years to rejoin, and if this was possible, then Shrin must be the evil that these stones were talking about. Yuri then knew that he had to defeat Shrin with all his might. Yuri then noticed one last stone that he didn't read.
"The evil will one day return, in order to defeat it, when time is right the pharaoh will be called upon with his true power and finish what he started…."
"It's too bad he never defeated the dark one," said a voice.
Yuri looked over towards the entrance of the hall. He saw a boy that had spiky hair dark hair and blond bangs. Yuri looked at this figure and recognized him from pictures that Tea had shown him. He recognized Yugi who stood before him. Yuri on the other hand knew that it might be Yugi's body but his soul was in the shadow realm.
"You may have Yugi's body but I know his spirit is gone in the shadow realm, who are you?"
"I'm one of Shrin's servants, however I was Yugi's or should I say the Pharaoh's worst nightmares, I was so close to winning his Egyptian God cards and taking over this planet, if only my weaker side didn't regain control with the help of the Pharaoh."
"Wait…I know this story, Tea told me it a lot, and it was one of my favorite stories when I was young, when Tea told me her adventures with Yugi. I know who you are, and I know what your capable of," said Yuri as he got his duel disk ready.
"So do you think that because you have the Millennium Puzzle you can defeat me? I may not have a body of my own, but I'm still Marik's darker side, and I'm still as powerful as ever."
"That's what you think, I will destroy you as the Pharaoh had destroyed you before, and this time I will make sure you stay in the shadow realm."
"Well if you're done babbling, I suggest we duel," said Marik as he grinned.
"Yeah, however….I going to keep my word," said Yuri as his puzzle started glowing.
The puzzle glowed brighter as the shadows started to consume the room they were in; Marik wasn't used to not being in control of a shadow game. Yuri was ready and he drew his five cards. Marik drew his five cards as well. Marik grinned as he would normally do, but being in Yugi's body it seemed different to Yuri as he used to imagine Marik.
"So you plan to send me to the shadow realm? This will be interesting," said Marik.
"I will start things off, if you don't mind," said Yuri as he drew "First I will summon Skilled Dark Magician in attack mode 1900/1700. Then I will set one card face down and I end my turn."
"My move," laughed Marik. "I will summon Drillago 1600/1100, and he will attack your life points directly."
Drillago drilled underground and came up hitting Yuri in the stomach area causing him to fall back covering his stomach. Yuri looked at the laughing Marik. He hated the idea of facing Yugi's body, but he had no choice. He had to face the one body that as a child he looked up to. It was hard but Yuri stood up and looked at Marik.
"How could your monster attack me directly when I had my Skilled Dark Magician on the field?"
"If you have a monsters on your field with more that 1600 attack, I can attack directly, you should of known something that is clearly so obvious. Now look at you, you only have 3400 life points and you're covering your gut in pain."
"Will you end your turn, or do you just like babbling on and on."
"I will set two cards face down and end my turn."
"I draw," said Yuri looking at his hand "First I will play a magic card called Raigeki, this destroys all your monsters, leaving your life points wide open Marik, but that's not all, and I will summon Goblin Attack Force 2300/0 in attack mode. Now Skilled Dark Magician and Goblin Attack Force end this duel, and attack him directly."
"Do you take me for a fool? I activate my face down card, Book of Moon, this changes your Goblin Attack Force to face down defense position and as for your other attack, I play Magic Cylinder, and this reduces your life points by your attacking monster's attack points, not to mention it also negates your attack."
"Shit, now I only have 1500 life points left."
"How very perspective of you, well do you end your turn so I can finish you once and for all."
"It's your turn Marik."
"I draw," laughed Marik. "This is so amusing, well I will summon one monster face down in defense mode, and I play the magic card Wave-Motion Cannon."
"What's that?"
"Wave-Motion Cannon can be discarded to the graveyard during any of my turns, however if I do, you will lose 1000 life points equal to the number of my standby phases that it has been on the field. Just two turns Yuri, and your dead, I doubt you can get through my defense," laughed Marik. "I end my turn."
"I draw, yes; I play the magic card Harpies Feather Duster, this card destroys all your magic and trap cards that are on the field."
A feather appeared and destroyed the Wave-Motion Cannon. Marik just grinned as though what Yuri did had no effect on him. Yuri just looked at his hand and touched each card. Marik still had 4000 life points, while Yuri was at 1500, and he could have lost 1000 or all of it if Yuri didn't destroyed Marik's card. Yuri just knew that he would have more trouble from Marik then what he was letting on.
"I set 1 monster face down, and that's not all, since three magic cards have been played, I can tribute my Skilled Dark Magician to summon my Dark Magician 2500/2100, from my deck. But that's not all, I will flip up my Goblin Attack Force back into attack mode, now my Dark Magician, attack his face down monster, with Dark Magic Attack."
Dark Magician attacked the face down monster, however it wasn't destroyed, it remained there sitting there still protecting Marik's life points. Marik just laughed at Yuri's failed attempt. Yuri looked at Marik's monster and instantly recognized it. The monster was Spirit Reaper 300/200, which could not be destroyed as a result of battle.
"I will end my turn."
