"Look, how many times am I going to have to say I'm sorry?" Harold asked.
"Just keep saying it and I'll tell you when it's enough," Tristan replied.
"Yeah, well, I didn't exactly see you helping," Joey replied. "Of course you duel worse than my Mom."
"You're lucky Harold beamed us with that overgrown bracelet of his otherwise I'd wipe the floor with you right now."
"It's not a bracelet, it's an Armlet," Harold corrected.
"The only thing you're supposed to say is sorry," Tristan said.
"Boys, boys, can't we all just get along?" Amara asked. The four stopped. A town car was pulled up to the Game Shop. And since the license plate read 'Kaiba', it wasn't hard to guess who it belonged to.
"What's Kaiba's limo doing at Yugi's place?" Tristan asked.
The sun was starting to set as Yugi came downstairs carrying his Duel Disk and a box that contained his Duel Monster deck. He climbed back into the car with Mokuba and together they headed off towards the Duel Dome.
Joey, Tristan, Harold, and Amara all watched this. "Something's not right," Tristan said.
"Yeah, you," Amara cracked.
"Whenever Yugi and Kaiba get together, it usually means trouble," Harold commented. The four huddled up. "Amara, you go find Tea and tell her where Yugi is. The rest of us will follow him to see what Creepy-Kaiba wants with Yugi."
"You can count on me," Amara said.
"Let's go, guys." And the four split up.
As the car proceeded to the Duel Dome, Yugi thought about what Mokuba confided in him on the route from the museum to the Game Shop.
"At first I didn't pay too much attention to it. I mean it's Seto after all and he's so determined. And after Battle City, of course he would want a rematch. But recently… it's like he's become obsessed with trying to find a way to beat you. I'm afraid that soon… he's going to go off the deep end."
"I see. But why now?"
"He recently came back from overseas, bragging about some cards he acquired. I don't know what the cards are myself but Seto is certain it could defeat your God Cards. Yugi… I care about my brother a lot, but my conscience says I have to warn you, you're walking into a trap. Seto wants to lure you to the Duel Dome and then lock you inside so he can duel you all out."
"Thanks for the warning, Mokuba, I'll be careful."
The car stopped at the entrance to the Duel Dome. "My Brother's waiting for you at the top."
"Right." And Yugi walked inside.
"Be careful," Mokuba muttered and headed off in a different direction.
"Welcome to the Kaiba Corp. Duel Dome," a female computerized voice greeted Yugi. Yugi walked into an elevator which started to go up towards the Skytop Dueling Platform. While in the elevator, Yugi donned his Duel Disk and deck belt.
He removed the God Cards from his deck and just stared at him. "This is what he wants," Yugi muttered. He decided to turn inward to have a brief conversation with the spirit who inhabited the Millennium Puzzle.
"It's too much of a coincidence that Kaiba would send for us right after that vision we had at the museum."
"I agree, there is something more going on."
"It seems like it has something to do with that Anubis guy. Apparently you two tangled thousands of years ago."
"Perhaps, but sadly memories of my days as a Pharaoh are clouded at best. And it's not clear what role the Egyptian God Monsters played in all of this."
"I sure wish we knew more about what happened in the past."
"What's happened in the past is irrelevant right now. All that matters is we face the present and the future."
"I wouldn't have it any other way. Are you readly, partner?"
"Ready!"
On the outside, the Millennium Puzzle started to glow as the two joined their spirits to form one: Yami-Yugi.
Joey, Tristan, and Harold ran inside. "Since Kaiba's car is outside, that means that Yugi's got to be in here," Joey said.
"Wow, you're a regular Sherlock Holmes," Tristan said dryly. "You think of that all by yourself?"
"Knock it off, you two," Harold scolded.
"Yugi's upstairs." The three turned and saw Mokuba.
"What's going on here, Mokuba?" Harold asked.
"My Brother's about to duel Yugi. And he's more determined than ever." Normally Joey would've cracked about how it was the third time in as many months that Yugi and Kaiba dueled. But since it was Yugi and Kaiba, that meant that sparks weren't just about to fly, they were about to start an inferno.
The Skytop Dueling Arena was as large as a basketball field. The roof was made of holographic projectors. Jumbo screens displayed the changes of the monsters' stats and the player's life points. There were also stadium-style spectator stands going up twelve rows.
Kaiba's entrance was befitting of a rock star or pro wrestler. Two lines of Duel Monsters as well as a laser show proceeded Kaiba's entrance to the stadium. Yami-Yugi on the other hand had no such fanfare.
Not that he wanted it he had more important things on his mind.
"Welcome," Kaiba greeted. "Glad you came to duel Yugi, because this time is going to be different."
Around this time that Harold, Joey and Tristan appeared in the stands. Mokuba rode a lifting pole up to the control booth that hovered over the stadium.
"I hope you brought your Egyptian God Cards," Kaiba was saying. "Otherwise this duel would be no fun at all."
"Kaiba, listen, something strange is happening. Tea and I were just attacked at the museum. I think…"
"I couldn't care less about what happened to you and your girlfriend. All I want to know is if you're ready to duel."
"But Kaiba, something dangerous is about to happen."
"You're right, something dangerous is about to happen: you're about to lose it all. Mokuba, seal all the exits!"
"If you say so," Mokuba said reluctantly as he placed the Duel Dome into lock-down mode.
"Oh man, we're trapped here!" Joey cried.
"This could be considered a felony," Harold complained. "I don't care what Kaiba does to me, I'm calling the cops." Harold went over to a red phone and picked it up. "Crap! Bad news, guys, we're cut off."
"You mean we're isolated?"
"Bingo."
"What do you say we get down to business already? I'm quite eager to run you into the dirt where you belong!"
"Forgive the pun, but that's just dirty," Harold grumbled.
"Something tells me this duel isn't a good idea," Yugi told Yami.
"Kaiba, why don't you close your mouth and open your ears, there's someone out to…"
"Shut your mouth you insolent little troll and just duel."
Even Mokuba had to admit that was a bit over the top. The two activated their Duel Disks and drew their initial hands.
Yami-Yugi sighed he should've known trying to make Kaiba listen to reason would be harder than dueling Marik.
"I guess Yugi's going through with this," Tristan said.
"Kaiba's not giving him much of a choice," Joey pointed out. They heard a grinding sound and turned around to see Harold using his Armlet on a steel door without much success.
"Man, why can't I bust through this thing?" Harold asked.
"Give it a rest, man," Tristan said.
"But how will Tea and Amara find us if we're all boarded up in here?" Harold sighed frustrated.
"You've been taking credit for being the best way too long," Kaiba was telling Yami-Yugi. "And to tell you the truth, I'm getting sick of it. By the time this duel is over, you'll be exposed to the world as the fraud you really are!"
"Tristan, hold me back because I'm about to jump that overgrown Richie Rich." Tristan got Harold into a full nelson as Harold was about to storm the field.
"Let's duel!" They both cried.
(K: 4000)
(Y: 4000)
They drew their initial hand and Kaiba drew his sixth card. "I summon my Familiar Knight (45) in defense mode." An armored knight appeared. "Try and get past him."
"Very well, I shall," Yami-Yugi said and entered his Draw and Standby Phases. "I play Queen's Knight (46)!" A blonde woman in red armor appeared. "And now say good-bye to your monster. Queen's Knight, attack!" The woman stabbed her sword into Kaiba's knight and destroyed it.
A burly black dragon appeared. "By destroying your knight, I activated its special ability allowing you to play a new monster in its place."
"What's Yugi thinking letting Kaiba play a monster with 2400 attack points?" Joey asked.
"He did WHAT?" Tristan asked his eyes bugging out.
"Yugi didn't have much of a choice," Harold commented. "That's Rare Metal Dragon (47), a monster that can't be summoned through normal methods."
Kaiba noticed a little smile on Yami-Yugi's face. "What are you smiling about?"
"Because your knight also lets me summon another monster and I choose King's Knight (48). And when these two knights are in play, I can automatically summon Jack's Knight (49) from my deck!" King's Knight was a bearded male in orange armor and Jack's Knight was dressed in blue armor. He slid a card into the farthest left slot. "And next I place a card face-down. Make your move."
Kaiba drew his new card. It was one of the cards he picked up from Pegasus. "Looks like your luck's finally ran out." He placed the card into one of the magic and trap card slots. "I'll keep this face-down until the time's right… right for me that is and then nothing in your deck will make a difference. Your move, Yugi."
As Yami-Yugi touched the top card in his deck, he felt a familiar surge of electricity and knew that he would draw one of his Egyptian God Cards.
He did.
"I sacrifice all three of my knights!" Yami-Yugi's three knights turned into orbs of energy which disappeared into the ceiling. "To bring forth my ultimate creature!" A bright flash of light heralded the arrival of the red serpentine dragon with two mouths. "Behold the Egyptian God Slifer the Sky Dragon! Now my Sky Dragon, attack!" Because Yami-Yugi had three cards in his hand, that meant Slifer's attack points were at 3000, not an impressive amount but more than enough to beat Kaiba's Rare Metal Dragon
(K: 3400)
(Y: 4000)
"Your monster's powerless before the divine power of Slifer!"
Kaiba drew a new card. "Not only am I not afraid of your God Cards but I'm going to force you to summon them all at once with my Obligatory Summon magic card! Now you're forced to bring to the field every monster in your deck that fits in the same category as the one that's currently out on the field."
"All right then, I summon two more Egyptian God Monsters: Obelisk the Tormentor and the Winged Dragon of Ra!" The entire stadium shook forcing everyone to anchor themselves to the ground as beams of blue and yellow light came out of Yami-Yugi's Duel Disk. The remaining two God Monsters joined the third above Yami-Yugi. "You've allowed me to summon the three most powerful creatures in Duel Monsters, Kaiba, a foolish mistake!"
Kaiba laughed, "It's no mistake my entire strategy was meant to draw out your Egyptian God Cards so I can be the first Duelist to crush all three of them at once!"
"And just how do you intend to do that?"
Kaiba pointed to his face-down card, "You're about to find out, open face-down card!" Kaiba's face-down card was lifted and revealed itself to Yami-Yugi.
Yami-Yugi gasped. The picture was of a golden pyramid. But that wasn't what made him gasp, what made him gasp was the name.
The Pyramid of Light!
"I still can't see how Kaiba could've gotten that Pyramid of Light card," Pegasus said as he cruised over the ocean with Sumi. "As far as I know, ancient Egyptians never had cards."
"You don't think that card has a connection with what that Shadi guy told us?" Sumi asked.
"Shadi would never deliberately lie. We have to find Kaiba before he unknowingly destroys the world!" Kaiba-Boy, you really stepped in it this time.
"This doesn't make any sense," Yami-Yugi said. "How can the Pyramid of Light be an ancient Egyptian artifact and a Duel Monster Card as well?'
The trap card fired a blue orb of light into the air which began to spread more beams of light over Yami-Yugi and Kaiba.
The God Monsters started to convulse in pain as the blue light began pushing them back.
"Looks like your unstoppable monsters have been stopped," Kaiba quipped as a blue wall was set up in the shape of a pyramid.
Mokuba couldn't believe his eyes. Somehow the pyramid was blocking his view of Yugi and Seto. And the God Cards were in the same boat. In fact they almost looked scared.
Obelisk reached out to touch the wall of the pyramid and a shock ran through it and the two dragons. To Mokuba's shock, the God Monsters broke apart like glass. "He actually did it!" Mokuba then looked down and saw a giant brass eye with blue fire for a pupil staring at him.
Lightning shot down from the top of the pyramid and struck the Millennium Puzzle. Two screams could be heard.
Yami's and Yugi's, they were being separated.
Yami could only watch in horror as Yugi's spirit disintegrated like newspaper over a burning fire.
"YUGI!"
"Oh man, not more freaky magic," Tristan complained as the eye turned on them.
"Weird stuff like this always happens when Yugi duels," Joey commented. "Hey, what are you looking at?" A large wind picked up and tried to drag the three up.
"I think you made it mad," Tristan said as he held on for dear life.
"Stay behind me," Harold instructed as he set up his Armlet's shield. The vortex somehow intermingled with the shield. Joey, Tristan, and Harold felt themselves leave their bodies and were sucked into the eye.
"This is crazy," Mokuba commented as the ceiling started to crack. He was able to escape just before the booth came crashing down.
A blue beam of light shot out from the tip of the pyramid into the night sky and began covering the sky in dark clouds.
"Mister Pegasus, sir, something's coming up on the horizon!" Pegasus and Sumi leaned over Croquet's shoulder and saw a speck of blue light in the distance.
"It has begun," Pegasus muttered.
Tea and Solomon could see it from where they were. "It's Kaiba's Duel Dome," Solomon recognized. He pointed to the beam of light. "That beam of light is the same color as the Pyramid of Light from the museum and I bet it's no coincidence."
"Tea, there you are!" Amara ran up to them panting. "I've been looking all over town for you."
"Amara, what's wrong?"
"Yugi's dueling Kaiba is what's wrong," Amara said.
"Man, that's like the third time in three months," Tea complained.
"Where are they dueling?" Solomon asked.
"Right over…" Amara turned to point to the Duel Dome and gasped at the blue beam of light. "Where that big, blue beam of light is shining… ho boy."
"Yugi!" Tea took off at neck-breaking speed with Solomon and Amara following.
Yami stared at the Millennium Puzzle. "Yugi, where are you?" But he could hear nothing he couldn't even feel the power of the Millennium Puzzle. Yami looked up at Kaiba and asked acidly, "Kaiba, do you have any idea what you have done?"
"Well let's see I think I just beaten you!" Kaiba burst into laughter.