Time slowed down. It seemed that Yugi was going to see his death in slow motion. His eyes focused on his already lost friends, still trying to apologize for not being able to save them. Filled with regret, he moved his hand up almost trying to reach them, when it hit something he had left unnoticed the entire journey. He looked at what it was, and saw the Millennium Puzzle. Knowing he had forgotten almost completely, though he wore it around his neck, Yugi grabbed the chain and held it up, staring at the front of it.

Aibou created this. He slaved over this for a long time, and he eventually was able to finish it, he thought.

The eye in the front of the puzzle began to glow. Yugi shut his eyes briefly until the glow faded. He slowly opened them again, but saw nothing. In a state of confusion, Yugi put the puzzle down, assuming it was nothing.

"Yugi!" he heard a familiar voice. "Come on!"

Yami Yugi looked up at the balcony again, and standing at the edge were Jounouchi, Seto, Bakura, Honda, Otogi, Anzu, and little Yugi. Anzu was waving frantically for him to get up, smiling.

"We're waiting for you!" Anzu spoke again.

"W-what are you guys doing here?" Yugi asked in a low tone.

"What do you think, you idiot?" Honda asked him, laughing.

"I don't know. I thought that…that you were-" he started to say.

"Dead? Hell no," Jounouchi grinned. "That guy could never kill us."

"Son of a bitch only thinks he got rid of us," Otogi mentioned.

Yugi could not respond. He lied there in shock, trying to understand how they were to be there. Their bodies were no longer on the crosses, and somehow life had been given back to them, though Yugi had not defeated Anubis.

"It looks like you don't get it," Bakura said, having a wide grin. "We were never dead in the first place."

"But…but I saw it happen. I saw…" Yugi tried to talk again.

"You saw? You mean with your eyes?" Jounouchi sighed happily. "Wow, you're more naïve than I thought."

"What about what you don't see?" Anzu said happily. "What about the things that you can't see with your eyes, but your heart?"

"Corny," Seto sighed at her comment.

Yugi was beginning to make sense of it. He leaned up a bit, making the chain of his puzzle cling. He looked down at it again, and finally remembered.

That which can be seen, and yet cannot be seen.

"You didn't think we'd abandon you like that," Honda swung his hand.

"No," Yugi replied simply.

"Then what are you waiting for, Other I?" little Yugi cheered.

There was a slight pause.

"Other me, we've all suffered, and in a sense, we've all lost, but you have to keep going. You have to shine your light and stop his darkness. We're always with you no matter what, and we'll fight side by side with you to defeat his evil heart."

Yami Yugi remembered Yugi telling him something like this before.

"That puzzle," Yugi pointed, "is how you and were brought together. It is also how we stay together, and fight together."

Yugi looked at his puzzle once more. He grabbed the chain tightly in determination. He then remembered where he had heard similar words: Battle City, and their fight against Yami Malik.

"Yugi," Seto began, "take revenge for us."

He nodded and finally showed a smile. He stood up as the seven of them slowly began to dissipate.

"I trust you," Yugi said to him before completely fading.

He returned to the state of reality. Yugi was back on the ground just as he was before he had seen his friends. The puzzle was still being gripped in his hand. Laying on his side, Yugi found that fighting through his pain was no longer impossible.

"That which is seen yet cannot be seen. Anubis, you've not killed them, and neither did I," he mumbled to himself.

Anubis towered behind him. He lifted the sword with both of his hands, pointing it straight down. Using the power of both his arms, he stabbed downward.

"What the-" he cursed under his breath as his attack was stopped.

Yugi now lay on his back, holding the blade with his hands, preventing it from falling on him. His fingers were being sliced by the sharp end, but it did not distract him. Being Yugi's last hope, Yugi continued pushing the blade away.

"And you still wish to fight?" Anubis snarled at him, trying to push the sword down on him.

"I do," Yugi struggled to talk. "I still have a promise to keep."

Yugi swung one of his legs at Anubis', which ended up tripping him. Anubis fell and Yugi quickly stood and moved away. He retrieved a miniature axe and his sword.

"So," Anubis said, getting back up, "you still have something left in you. Then let me be the one to strip you of it!"

Anubis attacked quickly. Clearly, he had much more energy and strength remaining. He swung the sword up, but Yugi blocked it, using only one hand to wield his sword now. When the two collided this time, he sensed something more in Yugi. He looked into his eyes, and Yugi no longer had that 'what if' look he had before. Now it was a fearsome glare with ferocity and determination. He knew that Yugi had found something that gave him strength, which was obvious by the way he was holding him back with a single hand wielding his sword. Yugi then swung the small, one bladed axe at his head. Anubis ducked his head, but right when he brought it back up, Yugi swung the axe back, smacking him on the side of the eye. He fell back, but quickly recovered, using attempting to thrust the sword right into him. Yugi side stepped it, and Anubis' sword crashed into the wall. Seizing the moment, Yugi hacked the axe blade into his side. Anubis pulled it out immediately, but he would suffer the effects of the damage.

"You dare not strike me and not receive a blow in return!" he shouted.

He pulled his sword out of the wall and waited for Yugi to come. When he did, another long sword fight began. The sound of thrashing swords echoed through the room. Yugi was able to land a few small scratches, all which were not severe. Anubis became frustrated, and his attacks became much more powerful yet predictable. The turning tides were felt by the two of them, and Anubis knew that he had to put a stop to it. He pushed Yugi away, hoping to bide some time to prepare for his next strike.

"You bleed," Yugi scowled, pointing at his opponent's wounds. His were not as bothersome as before, though they still bled and ached. "That makes you no different than the average man."

Anubis just ignored his comment. The two met at the center of the room and continued fighting by sword. After a bit, Anubis lifted his right foot. He put the sword in his right yet hurting hand, trying to hold off his foe just for a moment. Yugi saw this, but could not see the point in it. Ignoring that, he shoved Anubis' sword away from him and went to thrust the sword into him. The attack was just barely evaded, and Anubis countered with something else. As Yugi went by, he stuck his left hand out and pressed something deep into him. A dagger he had pulled from his boot was now in the chest of Yugi. He left the dagger at its stabbing point, hoping that it would be the death of him. Yugi stumbled back, a couple feet away from Anubis, blood running down his body and dripping onto the ground. Yugi now had three deep, heavily bleeding wounds in him.

"Fall," Anubis whispered to him, watching Yugi stagger.

Yugi waddled in place for a little bit, but then lifted the sword back in front of him. He bended his knees and looked ready for more fight. Anubis was unsure of how this was to be! Any normal man probably would have been down by now, but he remained standing and ready to fight. He became insanely upset, seeing his opponent still standing.

"Go to Hell!" he screamed.

As fast as he could go, he charged at Yugi, who ducked underneath his swing and did an upper cut. Anubis now had a wound similar to him, possibly even deeper than the one he had cut into his flesh. Anubis backed up against the wall, holding his wound with his arm. Yugi backed up as well, trying to catch a breath.

"It ends here…and now," Anubis said.

He ran so quickly and fast that Yugi could not see him coming. He blocked his up-cutting attack again, but the force was great. Yugi once again had the sword leave his hand. Not wanting to victim of another blow, he ran to the other side of the room, away from Anubis. The area he had run to contained no weapons for him as he would notice. Yugi stared back to Anubis after noticing, who pointed the sword at him.

"You have not a weapon to help you," he laughed, assuring himself victory. "Now you will die!"

Yugi had one more option in mind. He and Anubis ran toward one another. Anubis leaped in the air in order to do a powerful jump attack, holding the sword above his head.

"I am victorious!" he screamed as he slashed down.

Yugi jumped toward him.

The two fighters landed, both breathing heavily. Sweating and patting, Yugi laughed at the God-powered fiend.

"It is when man thinks he is better than man when one has his downfall," Yugi said. "You wear the power of a God around your neck, and you suddenly believe that you're superior; you're on top of the world. However, the real Anubis is up in the sky, watching you shamefully take his name and use it as your own. Put simply, you are no God, but your belief that you were has brought you down to the realization that you're not immortal!"

Anubis took deeper breaths. He looked down and in his chest, in the area of his heart, was the dagger he had stabbed into Yugi. In midair, Yugi had swiftly removed the dagger and stabbed it into him. Anubis' attack never happened. He dropped his sword and collapsed. He was quickly dying, and had not the strength to continue. Yugi ran over to him, cutting off the necklace with the God power in it. He then pointed the tip of the sword at his throat.

"You…have one," Anubis coughed blood. "Mercy me. Send my soul to the flames."

Yugi was aware that his soul would wander the Earth if he did not do so, but he was not so sure if he had remorse.

"For too long, I have wandered alone. In my times of life and death, I have always been alone," he said softly. "If I go into the fire, I will suffer the same, but not at my lonesome. I never had anything but my rage. Now that that is gone, I have nothing."

Yugi put the sword down. There was nothing more his opponent could do to harm him. He remembered the lake which he saw Anubis' true past on. Yugi had done one wrong to him, and that was not truly understanding the misfortune of his past. While his long past in Egypt was a mystery to him, Yugi knew he had memories of the present that he would cherish and love forever. Anubis had nothing. Having made a decision, Yugi shut his eyes.

"I'll send you there," he said quietly.

"S-soon, this world will fade, and you…you will return to real world. Your wounds will heal, and I will vanish forever," he groaned, yet almost happily.

"Then I will meet you there," Yugi said.

Taking his last breath, he died peacefully. With his puzzle, Yugi lifted the curse of his already tormented spirit and ridded of him for good.

Game end.