Chapter 4: Yami Yugi

The only place left to go was New York, New York. Rumor had it that Yami Yugi (a.k.a. the Pharaoh) was taking in the sights of the Big Apple while waiting for Seto Kaiba's new tournament which was to be held all over the city. By the time Adam and Kashigi reached the Big Apple, Yami Yugi/ Yugi Moto had already reached the finals on top of the Empire State Building. Adam took the elevator to the top for the finals match. What Kashigi didn't know was that Adam was Yami Yugi's opponent in the match. Adam had secretly been gathering all of the stars necessary to compete.

"What do you want? I don't think I've ever seen you in a tournament. How can a rookie like you make it to the finals of Kaiba's tournament when Kaiba himself didn't even make it to the playoffs?"

"What makes you think I'm a rookie?"

Adam slowly peeled off his face which turned out was just a mask. Everyone, especially Kashigi was shocked that Adam, the seemingly harmless billionaire duelist was actually the one and only Seto Kaiba. Yugi was forced to duel him because after all, he was in a tournament. Yami Yugi agreed to duel Kaiba and thus began the most intense battle ever witnessed by man since 5000 years ago in ancient Egypt. This was no shadow duel. It was just a friendly duel to see who would get the title of King of Games.

"Dammit! How can we get his soul?" Kashigi said to Seto.

"Don't worry I have a plan."

But the truth was, Seto didn't have a plan. He was just gonna wing it. "Seto. I know why you're here and what you want," said the Pharaoh.

"You want my soul so you can rule the world. Now both of us know that you can't beat me, and that my soul is and always will be locked in the Puzzle. Would you like a bit of knowledge?"

"OF COURSE!" Seto shouted.

"Your associate, the one that I'm sure you trust very much by now, Kashigi, is a traitor. He stole four Millennium Items and was using you to get the final three. Also, he isn't even Japanese! Show Seto who you really are."

"Bakura!" Anzu said.

"Where did you come from?" Seto asked.

"I was waiting for the duel to start," she said"Didn't you see me on the sidelines?"

Seto quickly replied saying in his normal cocky rich kid tone, "Why would I? Yugi is the only one I'm here to see. I don't care that much about his little friends."

"That's harsh" Joey said.

"Shut it Wheeler, you have no role in this matter. Let the grown ups talk."

After some more harshness from Kaiba, the Pharaoh redirected him to the real problem, Bakura.

"But I killed you in Notre Dame. I beat you on top of the gargoyles."

"Actually, you killed Ryou."

"NO NOT RYOU!" Joey screamed.

To which Bakura replied, "Yes Ryou, now in case you're interested, which I know you are, the corpse you saw in Notre Dame was merely a hologram made physical using my shadow magic. I told you that you hadn't heard the last of me. I'm just shocked that a smart kid like you fell for my plan so easily, but the hardest Millennium Item is still out of my reach. Damn that Puzzle."

"Yes and you will never get it," The Pharaoh said with confidence.

"I challenge you to a shadow duel," Bakura said

"Why should I accept?"

"Because if you don't I'll kill your precious rival, one Seto Kaiba"

Kaiba stood in shock. Would the Pharaoh actually save him?

"Of course he would. He would have too. He can't let me die" thought Seto.

"I accept."

The duel was about to start when Bakura suddenly froze and started spitting out blood. Seto had stolen the dagger of Masamune and used it to stab Bakura in the stomach, thus destroying his temporary shell. He then took the Spirit Jar, also stolen, and used it to seal Bakura in the shadow realm forever. Everyone stood in shock at the violence. Seto had a sense of déjà vu as he had seen this exact scene in Notre Dame. The dead body. The blood. The death however, was real this time.

"I can't believe you actually just did that Kaiba," Joey said.

"Wheeler, it had to be done. That freak was using me to rule the world. He had to be stopped before he brought harm to Yugi. I can't let him kill Yugi before I've had my own rematch can I."

"Same old Kaiba," said Anzu.

They all laughed and they started the final duel of the tournament.

"Just because you saved me Kaiba, doesn't mean I'm going to go easy on you." Pharaoh said.

"I wouldn't have it any other way."