A/N Okay, here this chapter is! I hope you enjoy!

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Chapter 17: Darkest before Dawn

Librus looked over the city, the card Malik given him gripped in his hand. "Well, I might as well summon this monster before that girl and the brat catch me."

He dropped to the ground. He slowly placed the card face up on the ground. "Now, monster, I command you, rise from your paper prison and do my bidding."

The card on the ground began to darken, and smoke poured from it. The cloud of smoke became bigger and covered the area. When the smoke cleared, a tall figure could be seen, sword in hand.

Librus smiled. "Excellent. Come, and destroy Sailor Venus."

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Marron followed Tia towards her house. It was getting late and the sun was beginning to set in the distance.

Marron looked at Tia. "Are you sure it will be okay if I stay with you?"

Tia smiled and nodded. "Oh, yeah, my folks are out of town and they already told me I could have a friend sleep over if I wanted. And besides, I'm sure you wouldn't want to sleep at any of the guys' houses. I mean, it just wouldn't look right." Tia stopped as she reached her front door, pulled out her key and opened it. "Come on in."

Marron followed the girl in and closed the door behind her.

"Make sure you lock the door." Tia said as she went into the kitchen.

"Lock it? Why?" Marron asked, confused.

Tia's eyes bugged out. "You mean you know why we don't lock doors, we lock doors so strange people can't get in and rob and kill you." Tia looked at the horrified girl. "Don't you lock your doors at home?"

"No. In Crystal Tokyo, it is a rare occasion for someone to break a law. The most serious event I have seen in my lifetime, other than monster attacks, have been people speeding and jay-walking."

Tia looked impressed. "Wow. Oh, yeah, what would you like for dinner?"

Marron thought for a moment. "It doesn't really matter, whatever you want."

"Okay, I'll order us some pizza."

"Good! But no olives."

Tia smiled. "Deal."

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Yugi sat in his room, puzzle in hand. A ghostly form of Yami appeared beside him. "Yami, I hope we can find a way to get Marron back to her world."

Yami smiled. "Don't worry, if there was a way for her to get here, I'm sure there's a way to get her back."

Yugi frowned. "I know, but, how long until we find the way, and what about those monsters that followed her here. How do we fight against them? We only fight against hollowgrams, we're useless when it comes to fighting."

Yami looked thoughtful for a moment. "That's true, but we have experance on our side. Since the enemy is using duel monsters, we could tell Sailor Venus its weaknesses, and help her taticalwise."

Yugi sighed as he got into his bed. "I hope you're right, I hate to think we're useless to help her." Yami disappeared as Yugi fell into a quiet sleep.

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Librus laughed inwardly as he stood in front of a two-story house. "So, the girl's in there is she?" He looked at the horizon, "I still have some time before the sun rises, she should be sound asleep. Perfect time to attack."

He glanced behind him, the duel monster stood a few feet away.

He pointed to the house. "Go, and kill the girl."

Ends Chapter 17

A/N ACK! Another cliffy! I so sorry! But it seemed a good stopping place! Remember, reviews weclome, and next chapter will be up tomorrow!