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Hello my fellow readers! As I promised, here is the seventh chapter! All up within a day! I hope its worth it! I thought it was pretty good. Enjoy!

"Dammit…" Joey cursed. He was trapped.

The fire in the room had vanished and the smoke was starting to clear. Joey looked over to Yugi, who was still hanging from the chains.

"Yugi…" Joey cried out to him. Sinku stepped in his ray of vision to his friend. "No Katsuya. The last image in your mind when you die will be me. Not your pathetic friend."

Joey glared up at Sinku, "You can kill me all you want, but I have to warn you, the pharaoh will not settle for this. He will find a way to destroy you."

Sinku smirked, "Stubborn to the end as well? Ha, please. Once I dispose of you, I will go after him and if his other friends will stand in my way, I will kill them as well."

Sinku wiped his sword, sneering at the teen. Joey tried to move but the wound in his stomach was too great. He groaned. Is this how it's going to end? Was this how he was going to die?

"No…" Joey cried softly as Sinku walked towards him, preparing his sword. The fire from the dragon burned his back as it snorted. You idiot, Joey thought to himself, Why are you giving up now? You have to keep fighting. For…everyone…

Images flashed through his mind.

Serenity gazing at the sunset at the Domino Pier.

Kaiba and his little brother Mokuba.

Tea and Tristan yelling at each other.

Bakura and Yugi's grandpa.

Mai, giving him her own special smile.

The other Yugi promising to duel him in Battle City.

And his best friend, Yugi, laughing.

"Die here?" Joey whispered, "Not here."

Sinku stood over him.

"Not like this!" Joey screamed, he swung his leg and tripped Sinku. He rolled over and headed for his sword. He grabbed it and spun around clashing it with Sinku's.

I don't understand this boy, every time he's about to die he fuels up with new power! Sinku growled.

"Here is my ace boy!" Sinku yelled. He held up his hand as red electricity shot from it and headed towards Joey. The blond held up his sword and tried to block it. It hit the sword and traveled down to his hands.

"Aah!" Joey yelled as the electricity shot through his body. Sinku then charged towards him again, then suddenly dodged to the side. What? Why did he- It hit him. The dragon! Joey realized. Joey dove for the ground as the fire flared where he last was. He quickly rebounded and went to go for Sinku when the dragon advanced onto him again.

"Stupid dragon!" Joey yelled, moving to get away from it. There was no way he can defeat that dragon, he had to kill Sinku by his own hands. Joey glanced up to see Sinku's red electricity coming towards him. It was too late to react. It impacted against his chest and sent the dirty blonde onto his back. The dragon hovered over him. Joey closed his eyes waiting for the attack. He heard the fire roared towards him. He heard it smacked against something. Huh? It didn't hit me.

"WHAT?" He heard Sinku yell.

Joey opened his eyes and nearly gasped at what he saw. The Dark Magician was standing over him, using his wand to create a shield for Joey.

"Dark Magician?" Joey exclaimed. He turned his head towards Yugi to see the teen awake."YUGI!" Joey cried out. His friend gave him a weak smile.

"Joey!" Yugi exclaimed.

Joey saw that Yugi didn't speak. He realized he could hear his friend's thoughts.

"Are you okay?" Joey asked.

Yugi gave Joey an assuring smile, then he frowned as he realized the weaken state that Joey was in.

"Joey! Get out of here! Forget about me!"

Joey shook his head, "No! I'm not leaving without you! I got too far to give up now!"

"Joey…" Yugi's eyes welled up with tears, "I could never forgive myself if you died because of me."

"You're my best friend, Yugi." Joey said out loud, "I'm not going to leave you, not while you're still in danger."

"Joey…" Yugi weakly cried out.

"The battle is here!" Sinku yelled crashing through the Dark Magician's barrier. The Dark Magician groaned but used his wand to block Sinku's sword. Joey saw Yugi groan also. The link between the monsters, it works for him as well, Joey realized. The Dark Magician continued to fight with Sinku. It wasn't doing too good; the monster was weak due to the weak state Yugi was in. "No time left," Joey whispered. Suddenly he remembered. It was his turn! He can draw a monster now! Joey reached for his deck and grabbed the card. He felt his arm tingle as his hand made contact. He pulled it out and glanced at the card.

The Dark Magician groaned as Sinku sliced through the wand. Joey gasped and he reached for the Magician and pulled him back. "Go guard Yugi!" Joey ordered to the Magician. The purple-robe wizard stared at Joey before he hesitantly went over to Yugi. Joey turned back to Sinku and smirked.

"This is the final battle! Time to sent you back to hell!" Joey cried. "I summon the Red-Eyes Black Dragon!"

Joey smiled as the black dragon roared onto the field next to him. He remembered what had happened that early morning.

"Well, then I play Grave Robber and use your Monster Reborn to bring back your Dark Magician. Now your Magician Girl loses 300 attack points."

"You still lost the duel Joey. She is still stronger than your Legendary Fisherman and your Flames Swordsman!"

"Yah, but your magic card says she attacks all monsters at once. She is weaker than the Dark Magician!"

Yami Yugi laughed, "I can't believe it!"

Joey smiled with him, "What?"

"It's a draw!"

Joey laughed, "I can't believe it. I'm not such a bad duelist after all!"

"You still didn't beat me!" He teased.

"And you didn't beat me!" Joey retorted.

Yami Yugi chuckled as he walked over to his friend. He was holding something in his hand, "Here Joey, your Red-Eyes."

Joey widened his eyes, "But Yugi, I didn't beat you…"

"We promised to have an honorable duel in Battle City. We both accomplished that. I feel that you gained what you sought for in your journey. The player's self-esteem, and you played like a True Duelist. I believe the Red-Eyes can accept that."

Joey's eyes welled up with tears. Don't worry, I'll get you both back.

"Ready Sinku? The Red-Eyes Black Dragon is not any monster! It's a soul! Prepare to feel the fiery flames of both Yugis' and mine's souls! Red-Eyes! Attack with Inferno-Fire Blast!"

Sinku growled as he motioned to his own dragon. He charged towards Joey as the Red-Eyes began to make its attack. The whole room engulfed in flames as the Red-Eyes's fire blast erupted from its mouth. Joey and Sinku crashed into each other, both of their swords in each other's bodies. Both dragons fought with each other. The Red-Eyes did another blast. Suddenly the whole building shook and an explosion went off nearby Joey. Flames engulfed higher and spread throughout the warehouse. Sinku screamed as the Red-Eyes flames engulfed him. Joey clench his wounds as the blood profoundly poured out. The fire swiveled around him. The realm around began to vanish returning back to the normal warehouse it was, expect that it was now consumed by flames.

Joey looked to where Yugi was but his vision was blurry. "Yugi…" Joey started to fall back onto the ground. "I hope…I did…" Joey landed on the ground with a bounce. His head slapped against the pavement. His body laid lifeless on the burning floor.