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Chapter Four: The New Ally

"Well, you wanted control, so what in the heck do you want to do?" Pegasus said with a slight chuckle in his throat. Ryou chuckles to himself, "Easy, all you have to do is show me to the door and follow me, I've gone through this area before." Ryou said reluctantly. "No you haven't. You didn't even know about it until I told you, you idiotic spirit." After that was a second of silence, and then he exclaims, "Don't, you, dare call me that again you piece of snobby crap. Why don't you understand that I have gone through the same exact thing the last time I was together? Don't you know anything about 5,000 years ago? Why are you such an idiot? Why…" Ryou was quickly shushed by Pegasus. "Shhh, someone is coming. Hurry, hide behind that pillar."
As he just got behind the pillar, the strangely purple-cloaked man walked to the center and directed his staff at that exact pillar. "You, Ryou, I heard you talking to Pegasus, you're plan is to go into the volcano of the Summoned Skull? That is the stupidest plan ever, or at least when you have no monster to protect you, the reason I haven't blasted you to oblivion yet was because I have a, how would you say, proposition. I wish to help you get through that volcano." "What is the catch, umm, what is your name again?"
"I'll just say that the name of my monster is the Dark Magician."

Ryou and Pegasus are astounded by this person

"How are you supposed to help us Dark Magician?" Pegasus said with a fearful voice. "I am going to get you into Noah's virtual world first…my master, Yami, needs your help!" "The Pharaoh is in trouble? Then why should I help?" Ryou said with a sinister smile, as if he didn't look evil enough. "You will help him Ryou… or suffer the consequences." The Dark Magician raises his staff, as Ryou exclaims, "Of course I'll help him…" and begins to think to himself "…perfect, all I have to do is destroy the Pharaoh and all of his power will belong to me! His puzzle and his soul will be mine."

The Dark Magician aims his staff towards the area where the two Bakuras put the Millennium Ring and a doorway opened.Pegasus, Dark Magician, and Ryou walk toward the light which is emitted by the doorway

In the virtual world

Tristan, Duke, and Yugi are still following Joey and the whiptail crow, which just went into the mouth of a volcano.

Tristan quickly said, "Are you sure about this Yugi?" Yugi quickly replied, "We cannot just abandon Joey, he is our friend!" As soon as they are nearing the volcano, a giant machine rises from the volcano, the machine Big Core. He was aiming directly north, as if to destroy everything here. The Pharaoh exclaimed, "Oh no…what is that?" Then a girl appears in front of them, it's the Dark Magician Girl. She quickly says, "There is no time to waste Pharaoh, you must destroy the Big Core bomb before it explodes and we are all doomed! My teacher of Magic, the Dark Magician, went to get Maximillion Pegasus and your friend Bakura…They will be able to help you…But the door they will be leaving from is in that volcano!"

Could it be that Ryou and Pegasus exit the shadow realms gate just to go back in?

And what of the Pharaoh and the others?