Chapter 3: Bakura

It was a cold Parisian night outside the Arc de Triomphe. Kashigi had informed Adam that Bakura had been seen "setting up shop" inside Notre Dame.

They headed toward the island and Adam thought, "How can I use these cold stone gargoyles to my advantage in defeating Bakura."

They entered the church and Kashigi had an ominous feeling that something was wrong. It was quiet. Too quiet. They inched closer and closer to Bakura's location when a crimson puddle appeared before them. As their eyes moved up the puddle they saw whose blood it was. It was the blood of Ryou who had just been murdered by Bakura, who had somehow still kept a physical form. Adam just stared at the corpse and Kashigi began crying massive puddles of tears. "NOT RYOU! ANYONE BUT RYOU!"

Kashigi screamed.

He then regained his composure and said "You'll pay for this Bakura."

Unfortunately, Kashigi would never be the one to defeat Bakura as the legend strictly stated that the same person must capture all three spirits and Kashigi needed Adam to keep destroying the spirits so he could gain all seven Millennium Items. Bakura just smiled and laughed. He was carrying a bloody red dagger mad of iron. This was no ordinary dagger, for no ordinary dagger could have caused this crime. This was a dagger forged from the hands of Masamune. This dagger had the ability to separate a spirit from a vessel and give the spirit a vessel to call its own. However, this needed the unwilling sacrifice of someone innocent and pure of heart. Bakura was the Spirit of the Ring and would be much more difficult to defeat than Marik for Bakura was one to not play by the rules. Kashigi knew of Bakura's mind games, but had no way of warning Adam. It was all up to Adam now.

"This isn't going to be a duel like that fool Marik challenged you too.This is going to be a shadow duel with a higher chance of failure. For you that is. As you know, I am a master of balancing acts, especially when it comes to all things dark so this duel shall be held outside. Scared yet? You will be. For this duel, each of us must duel while standing on a gargoyle. Whoever falls first, which should happen after 3 consecutive attacks, will lose their life and their soul."

Adam was in shock about this proposition, but Kashigi wasn't. He just kept reassuring Adam that he could do it. They headed to the roof of the building and whipped out their duel disks.

"Let's Duel!" Bakura and Adam said simultaneously.

The wind blew across the rooftop and Adam nearly lost his footing. Bakura just laughed and stood firmly on his gargoyle. The battle raged intensly as monsters battled monsters, monsters attacked duelists and death had nearly come. Bakura only needed one more direct attack on Adam when he played his final trap card to stop the attack. Bakura would need to attack three more times to win the duel. Adam persevered and eventually had the upperhand . Bakura had a Headless Knight and only a Headless Night. No Spell Cards. No Trap Cards. Just that and no more. Adam, on the other hand, had a Dark Magician, Summoned Skull, Alpha the Magnet Warrior, and a Baby Dragon. Adam attacked the Headless Night with the Dark Magician and then finished off Bakura with the remaining three monsters striking all at the same exact time.

Bakura lost his footing and while he fell screamed, "YOU HAVEN'T HEARD THE LAST OF ME!"

Kashigi tossed the Spirit Jar to Adam who quickly sealed the soul of Bakura to keep Marik company. One soul left, and sadly it was the only one that wasn't really evil. Did that make him less dangerous, or more? Kashigi and Adam ran down to the main floor. Adam stopped at Ryou's body to mourn a little longer.

"Why did that bastard do this?" Adam muttered.

Kashigi never stopped; he just kept on running to the place where Bakura fell. He found it and snatched the Ring. Only the Millennium Puzzle was needed now to have complete control of the world. Adam noticed Kashigi was gone and rushed to the door, but he was somehow already back in Notre Dame before Adam had even turned around. One more stop. One more Item. One more Soul. Only one could rule the world.