Yami's Staff and Kaiba's golden sword collided, causing sparks to fly. They struggled to overpower one another, eventually causing themselves to fly back. Yami leapt at Kaiba, preparing to take him down at all costs. Kaiba easily blocked Yami's attempt to strike him down with his sword. "Do you honestly think you have what it takes to defeat me, pathetic weakling," the stone-hearted teen smirked, quickly and swiftly appearing behind his rival and he prepared to drive his sword into Yami's back. Fortunately, before the tip of the blade was able to touch so much as a hair on Yami's back, he turned around and blocked the attack.
They were both warn out after a long intense battle. The others were not fairing so well either. Tristan and Joey had Mai at bay, but there was no way she was giving up just yet. The same for Yugi, Tea and Serenity.
"Yugi what can we do, it's not like we can destroy them. They're our friend," Tea said, sounding very out of breath.
"I don't know Tea, but we have to try something, anything, but we cant kill them," Yugi responded, panting heavily. They were all very tired. Under normal circumstances they would have killed their opponents. But this was anything but an ordinary situation. These were their friends, their family, and they were more powerful then any opponent they had previously faced.
Joey suddenly let out a cry of pain as Mai slammed him against a wall, tearing his shoulder with her fangs. He was lucky that she had missed his neck.
"Joey!" the others called out in unison. They tried to help him but they were blocked by their adversaries.
"I don't think so," Serenity hissed, knocking Tea back with a powerful blow. They knew that this battle must end now, but the hunters had no clue of how to do it. That's when Yugi had an idea.
"Tristan, Tea, protect Joey," he called, raising his bow, aiming straight at Kaiba. "Joey, toss me your dagger. Quick, we don't have much time." Yugi prayed that his plan would work. Joey obeyed, with a very confused look upon his face. Yugi loaded his bow with Joey's dagger, and called out Yami's name. Yami knew immediately what Yugi was up to. He moved out of the way, just as Kaiba was about to strike. Luckily he dodged most of the attack, only his arm was cut. Kaiba raised his sword, ready to go in for a brutal attack. Just as he did this, Yugi released his bow, causing the silver dagger to fly, straight at Kaiba's blackened, un-beating heart. The weapon spun in the air, piercing the void where Kaiba's heart once was. He let out a blood curdling scream, dropping his weapon. He managed to take a step back, towards his thrown, then as he fell into the exquisite chair, he turned into dust, leaving behind only the dagger that had pierced his heart. Then Serenity and Mai started screaming in pain, their bodies wrenching on the floor, twisting uncontrollably. The hunters looked on in terror, not knowing what to do, then as suddenly as the screaming began it stopped. Mai and Serenity lied motionless on the floor, letting out a small sob now and then. Joey and the others rushed over to the girls, hoping there was something that they could do.
