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Fanfic Chapter 165: The Final Battle Pt 3: Marik's Requiem
Episode Basis: Showdown in the Shadows Pt 3

Kaiba: Fiend Sanctuary is the card I gave Yugi. It creates a Metal Fiend Token on the field. The token, though it has no attack points, has a powerful ability only an expert Duelist like Yugi can manage. When attacked by an opposing monster, the attack is redirected back to whatever monster made the attack. In Marik's case the Winged Dragon of Ra. But Marik used a magic card he got from Yugi to fend off the attack. But Yugi was able to use Fiend Sanctuary's special ability. By creating three of them with his Multiply magic card, he sacrificed them to summon Obelisk the Tormentor. Finally, a real God Card emerges.

Obelisk's fist plowed into Yami-Marik sending the dark spirit flying almost off the platform.

(Y: 2300)
(M: 700)

"You're only one attack away from being beaten, Marik," Yami hissed at his opponent.

Yugi's friends cheered. "That's got to hurt," Harold commented.

"Marik didn't even know what hit him," Joey said. "He's in a complete daze."

"Yeah," Duke agreed. "Kind of like Joey is all the time." Joey shot Duke a dirty look.

"That was so awesome!" Mokuba exclaimed.

Kaiba stared at Yami-Marik suspiciously. Something's not right, why would Marik allow Obelisk to attack him so easily?

Ishizu was thinking the same thing. It's as if he wanted Obelisk to attack him. He must be planning to use his face-down card to counterattack. "Be careful, Yami," she called out. "Marik's evil side prefers to prolong his opponent's suffering for his own amusement!"

Yami said nothing but nodded his head a little.

"Yugi's not looking so good," Tea observed.

Joey agreed, "What does he have to worry about? He's one attack away from winning the Battle City Tournament."

"And that's why he's nervous," Harold explained. "Because he couldn't finish Marik off immediately, he's given Marik a chance to come back. And knowing Marik, he's going to take full advantage of it."

"Impressive," Yami-Marik said getting up. "But it will take more than that to beat me. Plus it's my light side that really suffers. Don't forget for every life point I lose, my light side loses a piece of himself to the Shadow Realm." He gestured to Light Marik who was now only a quarter of a head and the hands. "You're supposed to save mankind, not destroy it. And to think, my ancestors worshipped you. Well all that is about to change. For soon, we'll be the ones being worshipped!"

"Be careful," Yugi warned. "We have to protect Marik's good side like we promised Ishizu."

"But if Marik's evil side wins, the whole world could be destroyed!"

"There must be a way to save Marik's good side and the world at the same time!"

"I'm open to suggestions."

"You should feel honored," Yami-Marik commented. "Of all the lives I destroyed, yours has been the most amusing. And the worst is about to come!"

Just as I feared, Ishizu thought. The Dark Marik is planning on using his face-down card to devastate the Pharaoh.

"What do you mean?" Yami asked Yami-Marik.

"What I mean is I've been stringing you along this entire duel!"

Unknown to everyone, Light-Marik's eye opened. He uttered but one word: "Odion."

Back in his own room, Odion's situation had not changed. Light-Marik's spirit appeared standing at the side of the bed.

"Odion, my dark side grows stronger," Marik said. "It won't be long now before I am consumed by the Shadow Realm. Before I'm gone forever, I just wanted to say… I'm sorry… for everything."

Ever since we were young, you were always looking out for me. But how did I repay you, with anger and disrespect. I'd like to take it all back but now it's too late. The evil within me is about to prevail… the evil that I created with my own hatred now threatens to destroy me! You were there the day my dark side was born, the day I received the tomb keeper's initiation. I recall that day well. Shortly after that, you scarred your own face as proof of your loyalty to me and my family. You were always loyal to me, even after I betrayed the tomb keepers and used the ancient scriptures for my own selfish purposes! Now I understand why you stood by me even though what I was doing was clearly wrong. You were the only one who could control my dark side. But when you were hurt, my dark side took over.

"Now my dark side is gaining in power while I'm drifting further and further into the Shadow Realm. Good-bye, Odion, I am so sorry." Marik faded away.

"My trap card," Yami-Marik was saying. "Which you triggered with your last attack, is powerful enough to stop an Egyptian God Card!"

"That's impossible!" Yami protested.

Joey agreed, "There's no way Marik could have a trap card powerful enough to beat Obelisk."

"I thought trap cards had no effect on Egyptian God Cards," Harold said.

"On the monsters, yes," Kaiba explained.

"It's time for me to reveal my secret weapon!" Yami-Marik announced. "Which I was able to activate when I lost more than half my life points." Yami-Marik's face-down card was flipped up. "The trap card Metal Reflect Slime creates a plasma creature which takes on the shape of the attacking monster." A shiny shapeless mass appeared behind Yami-Marik which grew and shaped to look exactly like Obelisk the Tormentor.

"I can't believe it," Duke gasped. "Marik made a copy of Yugi's Egyptian God Card!"

"Does that mean they're equal in strength?" Tristan asked.

"No, Marik's is just a cheap copy," Joey said. "The real Obelisk will trash it in one blow!"

"Yugi will destroy that thing in the next attack, right?" Mokuba asked.

"No, I'm sure there's more to Marik's monster than meets the eye," Kaiba rebuked. "Just keep watching."

"Your carbon copy pales in comparison to the original Obelisk," Yami said dismissively. Obelisk roared as if agreeing.

"But my God Slime is more powerful than you think," Yami-Marik argued.

Yami stared suspiciously at Yami-Marik. He then placed a card face-down and ended his turn.

"Excellent," Yami-Marik said to himself as he drew his card. "I may not have any cards to bring back Monster Reborn but I have everything I need to make my God Slime unstoppable." To Yami, he said, "Soon my Egyptian God Card will return to the field to wipe you out. But in the mean time, you have my God Slime to deal with and this: Revival Jam (1) in defense mode!" A blue blob appeared. "I'm sure you can recall the last time you went up against this monster. It was played by my mind slave Strings the Quiet One."

"I sacrifice Gazelle and Beta so I can summon my all-powerful Buster Blader!" A large humanoid wearing armor and carrying a large sword appeared. "Buster Blader, attack Revival Jam!" Buster Blader sliced through the monster. But to Yami-Yugi's surprise and horror, Revival Jam reformed. "What, how did…?"

"Revival Jam has a very special ability," Marik explained. "It can't be destroyed in battle!"

"It is indestructible!"

The last time I went up against this monster, it was unbeatable, Yami thought.

"Next I activate the magic card Polymerization fusing Revival Jam with my God Slime!" The blob inserted itself into the shiny Obelisk. The monster rippled but other than that, no change was visible. "I'll tell you what I'll end my turn and give you a chance to attack."

"I summon Big-Shield Gardna in defense mode. Now, Obelisk, attack his Slime God with Fist of Fury!" Obelisk's fist plowed through the God Slime causing it to break up.

"Told you it couldn't stand up to the original," Joey said.

But then the Slime God reformed itself.

"It regenerated!"

"My God Slime gained my Revival Jam's ability to reform itself after being attacked." Yami-Marik spread out his arms. "Now my plan is complete. Thanks to my invincible defense monster, my life points can not be damaged It's impossible to defeat me, this was my plan from the start!"

Everyone gasped but Joey said, "Don't worry, guys, I know Yugi can take that big slime ball down."

"True, but you have to admit it doesn't look too promising," Duke pointed out.

Kaiba was just coming to the realization that Marik deliberately let himself be attacked by Obelisk simply to activate that trap card.

"My turn is done," Yami announced.

"Yes, and now you are done is well. All you can do is wait for the return of the most powerful Egyptian God Card to ever exist! And even if you could attack me, it's my weaker side who suffers and not me!"

"Please, Pharaoh," Marik pleaded. "You must defeat my dark side no matter the cost!"

"I place one card face-down and summon Bowganian (2) in defense mode." A little ball with one eye carrying a crossbow appeared. "With Bowganian on the field, you will lose 300 life points per turn.'

I can't let Yugi get hurt he's already in mortal danger. I have to destroy his Bowganian now. "I place one card face-down and sacrifice my Big-Shield Gardna in order to summon Dark Magician Girl (3)!" A young woman with blonde hair and blue-green eyes dressed in light-blue dress along with a pink skirt and a strange headdress appeared. She also carried a small staff with a pink orb at one end. "Dark Magician Girl, attack his Bowganian with Dark Burning Attack!"

"I activate my trap card Jam Defender!" The Slime Obelisk moved its hand in front of Bowganian. The blast ricochets and sent Dark Magician Girl flying (not in a good way) into the leg of the original Obelisk. She was down but quickly got back up.

(Y: 1300)
(M: 700)

"Hold on, I thought Jam Defender could only work on Revival Jam," Harold commented.

"Normally that's true," Yami-Marik agreed. "But remember my God Slime absorbed my Revival Jam meaning it has all of its abilities including being susceptible to Jam Defender. Now my Bowganian will take 300 more life points." The monster fired an arrow which struck Yami in the side causing both him and Yugi to cry out in pain.

(Y: 1000)
(M: 700)

"Are you all right?" Yugi asked Yami.

"I'm fine it's you I'm worried about."

"I'll be fine, but I don't know how long."

"The shadows are slowly feasting on Little-Yugi," Yami-Marik said. "A few more life points and he'll be gone forever. Then I'll win all three Egyptian God Cards and the whole world will fall before me. There are only two things you can do about this situation, Yami: worship me and keep silent like the rat you are!"

Marik opened his eye.

"Come on, Yugi, I know you can beat this guy," Joey cheered.

Tea's eyes glazed over as Marik once again took control of her. She ran to the front of the line. "Yugi, you must defeat my dark side at all costs! Don't worry about protecting me, just win!"

"Tea?"

"Has she lost her mind?" Duke asked.

"Oh no, not again," Harold complained.

"My weaker half apparently doesn't know when to give up," Yami-Marik commented. "But soon he'll be out of the way for good."

Joey grabbed Tea by the shoulders and shook her, "Tea, snap out of it."

"There's no time," Tea-Marik said throwing Joey off. "You must destroy my dark half and allow the shadows to take me," Tea-Marik said to Yami. "Me and my family were charged with protecting your tomb and I always resented the task." Tea-Marik raised an arm and pointed at Yami-Marik. "My dark side was born out of my own hatred and anger. It may have killed my father but it was still an end product of me. Now for me to redeem myself, he must be destroyed and I must go with him!"

"I still don't get it," Joey said. Waving his hand in front of Tea-Marik, he said, "Hello, Tea, anybody home?"

"What a pathetic sight," Yami-Marik said. "You protected the Pharaoh all your life and now you beg for his forgiveness? It's too late for that, you're but a shadow of what you once were and you'll never destroy me!"

"If I go, I'll take you with me."

"That'll never happen!"

Tristan was the first to uncover the truth. "Marik must be controlling Tea's mind again!"

"Huh?" Joey, of course.

"Remember when Marik took control of you and Tea at the pier?" Harold asked. "Well you were able to break free. Tea, on the other hand… uh… not as much."

"You knew about this?" Tristan asked Harold.

"While Joey was dueling Kaiba, Marik took control of Tea and tried to make her stop Marik… er… I mean Dark Marik… well… whatever. Anywho, I followed and learned the truth."

Before Tristan could pry the reason of why they weren't told anything, Ishizu ran and grabbed Tea-Marik's arm. "No, you can't," she pleaded. "There must be some other way!"

"I'm sorry, Sister," Tea-Marik said. "There is no other way. Pharaoh, take down the evil force controlling my body! And if destroying him means destroying me in the process, then so be it!"

"This is all a big waste of time," Yami-Marik said. "There's no way I can lose." He drew a card and laughed out loud, "I finally have the card I need to retrieve Monster Reborn one last time! I play Mining for Magical Stones. Now by discarding two cards, I can retrieve a magic card from my graveyard. Any guesses on what card I want? That's right, it's Monster Reborn!" The card slid out of Yami-Marik's graveyard. "On my next turn, I'll bring back the Winged Dragon of Ra."

"I knew something like this would happen," Yugi told Yami. "Ra is almost impossible to defeat!"

"There is one way but it won't be easy," Yami replied.

"You're done for! Victory is mine!"

In his room on the blimp, Odion's eyes opened.

To Be Continued

Duel Monster Database

(1)
Name: Revival Jam
Level: 4
Type: Aqua/Effect
Attribute: Water
ATK: 1500
DEF: 500

(2)
Name: Bowganian
Level: 3
Type: Machine/Effect
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 1300
DEF: 1000

(3)
Name: Dark Magician Girl
Level: 6
Type: Spellcaster/Effect
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 2000
DEF: 1700