Chapter 1

When Yami and Joey arrived at the Duel Dome, the damage it had sustained because of Anubis hadn't been repaired, making the dome look more like a canyon instead. Seto and his younger brother Mokuba were waiting.

"Took you dweebs long enough," said Kaiba.

"Quit your complainin' and get on with the duel already will ya?" Joey replied.

Kaiba ignored him.

"Hey guys," Mokuba said. "You ready, Yugi?"

Yami nodded. "Yes, I am."

"Do you have the three Egyptian God cards?"

"Yes Kaiba."

Kaiba turned and walked back a little. "Good. Now, enough chat, let's duel."

Yami gave a nod. "Fine. Let the duel begin!"

Yami and Kaiba were now a duel arena's length apart, and they each activated their duel disks, so they showed 4000 lifepoints. Then they each drew their opening five card hand.

"I'll go first," Kaiba exclaimed. The five cards in his hand were the Hitotsume Giant, Rude Kaiser, Dark Hole, Trap Hole, and Banisher of the Light. He drew a card from his deck and looked at it, then after about thirty seconds, he said, "I summon Grand Tiki Elder in attack mode." A hologram of a purple and turquoise monster with a purple face mask and three small masks around the pelvis area appeared. "Then I place once card face down, and end my turn."

"Hm, very well then, my move." Yami drew his card. He had drawn Magic Cylinder, and already had Curse of Dragon, Winged Dragon- Guardian of the Fortress, Swords of Revealing Light, Beta the Magnet Warrior and Reinforcements. "I summon Winged Dragon- Guardian of the Fortress, in attack mode," a blue, pterodactyl-like dragon hologram appeared. "Then I too, place one card face down. Your move Kaiba."

Kaiba gave a slight laugh and drew his card. "Yugi, please, I thought you'd have more fight in you than that. I guess I'll just have to show you the light. Grand Tiki Elder, attack his Winged Dragon now."

Yami grinned. "I guess we'll see about that, won't we. I activate my trap card, Reinforcements. This raises my dragons' strength from 1400 to 1900 for this turn, and since your Grand Tiki Elder only has 1500, he'll be incinerated by my dragon."

"No," Kaiba moaned.

"Yes. Now my dragon, destroy Grand Tiki Elder."

The blue dragon opened its mouth, and a huge fireball flew out, destroying Grand Tiki upon impact, and lowering Kaiba's lifepoints to 3600.

"Way to go Yugi," Joey cheered.

"I play one more card face down and end my turn," Kaiba explained.

Yami drew his card. "Time for me to add to my lead, I summon Beta the Magnet Warrior in attack mode." A yellow magnet warrior that looked like it had the head of a mouse now emerged.

"Not quite, Yugi. Activate trap, Trap Hole."

Yami looked taken aback. "Oh no, that automatically destroys my monster."

Kaiba smiled. "Bingo. Say goodbye to a 1700 strength asset, Yugi." A deep hole appeared beneath the Magnet Warrior, and it fell in, shattering. Afterward, the hole disappeared.

"Oh, I'm not done yet Kaiba; I still have my Winged Dragon. So now, my dragon, attack his lifepoints directly."

Again, a fireball flew from the dragons' mouth and it hid Kaiba, square in the chest, almost knocking the wind out of him. He moaned as if it were a real fireball. Once he recuperated, his duel disk lifepoint monitor dropped to 2200.

"Nice job, Yug, now you've got him scared," Joey said, cheering his friend on. "Look, he's shaking."

"Oh trust me, Wheeler; we'll see who's shaking soon enough." Kaiba drew his card. "I activate Pot of Greed, which allows me to draw two new cards." He drew them, and examined them. 'Perfect,' he thought. "I activate Change of Heart to take control of your dragon." The dragon then floated onto Kaiba's side of the field. "Next I sacrifice it so I can summon my Rude Kaiser." The Winged Dragon glowed white, and was then replaced by an almost humanistic green lizard. "Now, Rude Kaiser, attack Yugi's lifepoints directly." The lizard ran towards Yugi. Then about a foot away, the Rude Kaiser lifted his arms, and slashed Yami in the chest with sharp axes that were attached to his arms. He moaned from the impact, and his duel disk lowered from 4000 to 2200. "Well, well, well. It seems we're tied Yugi."

"Not for long though Kaiba," Yami replied. He drew his card. "I place one card face down, and then I activate Swords of Revealing Light."

"Oh, great," Kaiba groaned.

At that moment, about ten yellow electric swords flew down and covered Kaiba's Rude Kaiser.

"Now," Yami explained, "I don't have to worry about an attack from you for three whole turns."

Kaiba grinned. "You're not out of the woods yet, Yugi. Just because I can't use my monsters to attack you doesn't mean you have nothing to worry about."

Yami nodded. "I know that, Kaiba. But now, I play Queen's Knight, in attack mode." A hologram of a woman in a pink uniform, and a silver helmet not fully covering her blonde hair appeared. "That ends my turn."

A frown came across Kaiba's face. 'I know this strategy. On his next turn, he'll bring out King's Knight, followed by Jack's Knight, and then sacrifice to summon an Egyptian God card.' He drew his card. 'Hm, my hand isn't very promising. I don't have anything in my hand that can defeat his Knight. If his Swords weren't on the field, my Rude Kaiser would crush her, but he's trapped. I guess for now, I'll have to play defense.' "I play the Hitotsume Giant, in defense mode." A turquoise giant with the eye of a Cyclops appeared. "Your turn Yugi."

'Hm,' thought Yami. 'His giant has only 1000 defense points, so I can destroy it easily. But Kaiba still has that face down card. If I attack, I can lose my knight, and my strategy would be ruined. I better wait.' After drawing his card, he said, "Now, I summon King's Knight to the field." A man with a yellow uniform and a helmet covering some of his blonde hair appeared next to Queen's Knight. "And when these two monsters are both on the field at the same time, I can automatically summon Jack's Knight to the field." Another warrior, but in a black uniform this time, appeared between his two monsters. "Your move."

"Come on, Seto," Mokuba called. "Don't let him summon his Egyptian God card."

Kaiba drew. 'I wish it were that easy, but I don't have the cards for it in my hand… Wait, I still have my face down card. I can use that against his Egyptian God.' "I play one card face down, and end my turn."

"My move." Yami put all his faith in this draw, and looked at the card once he picked it up. 'Yes,' he thought. "Now I sacrifice my three monsters, so I can play my Egyptian God card, Slifer the Sky Dragon!" The three knights glowed white and disappeared, then a long, meandering, red dragon with two mouths on its face appeared.

"Alright, Yug," Joey said. "Just two more to go."

"Now, Slifer the Sky Dragon, destroy the Rude Kaiser." A white fireball flew from Slifer's bottom mouth, destroying the Rude Kaiser on impact, and reducing Kaiba's lifepoints to 2000. "Your move."

"Very well, Yugi, but I guarantee you, you'll rue those words." Kaiba drew. "Now, I activate one of my face down cards, Dark Hole."

Yami gasped. "Oh no."

"Oh yes," Kaiba replied. "Say goodbye to Slifer the Sky Dragon."

A black hole appeared in the center of the field, and in seconds, Slifer and the Hitotsume Giant were sucked into the Vortex.

"True, I lose my monster also," Kaiba conceded, "but destroying your Egyptian God card was well worth it. I set one monster in face down defense position and end my turn."

Suddenly, the swords of Revealing Light disappeared. "Well, Yugi, you have no monsters on the field, and your Swords of Revealing Light have expired. You better make this turn count, Yugi, otherwise, this duel's done."

A grimace went over Yami's face. Kaiba was right, and in order to win the duel, he'd need a good card right now. He drew his card, and immediately, he knew his fate.