AN: Yes, I just finished the second chapter. Don't burn me for this poor essay-workaround! :P I realized this little mini-sideplot was sh*t. But this chapter is better in the end and thing's are already becoming serious. I hope you like the little breadcrumb ;-) PLEASE review, it will keep me motivated to continue this story and to complete upcoming chapters more faster. Let me know your thoughts or scene suggestions :-) Enjoy!

Chapter Updated! Details, spelling and typing errors.

Chapter II

Warning Signs

The next morning Jesara got up early, made herself presentable for school as usual and enjoyed her everyday ritual of drinking her first cup of freshly brewed coffee on her balcony, watching the sun rise in a deep golden shade over Domino City. The sun beams burnt on her tanned cheeks and it reminded her so much of how the sun felt on her skin back in her former home. She couldn't think about something else than last days events and what it could be all about. This freaky incidence with Bandit Keith and Yugi duelling for the millenium puzzle and his extreme change in behavior did't let go of her mind. It tied it up in thousands of knots the more she thought about it and the possibility of her greatest nightmare catching up on her. And also there's this vexing essay about Romeo & Juliet for her literature class, which also wants to be done by friday. She sighed as she stared at the bottom of her now empty coffee mug. ‚You really think too much, Jess.' her inner voice exhorted.

Jesara felt reliefed as she checked out todays school plan; no sports lessons, no literature and school will be over by 2 pm. What a bless! So there'd be enough time to check in for Kaiba's tournament after school and maybe make some adjustments to her deck. She still was quite confused about why Kaiba is setting up a tournament like out of the blue. Mr Rich & Famous would normally have spent a minimum of 2 months of super fancy and expensive marketing and advertising in advance to make sure the whole world would know about how cool, talented and great he is. ‚Who cares… nobody understands … I guess he's not in control over his bitterly crashed ego since the duelist's kingdom.'

School went by almost unbearable slow and for her it felt like an eternity. Additional to that there was no freaking chance she could concentrate on the subjects. After school the gang decided to visit a nearby game store, which was one of many official registration check-points all over the city. Yugi and Joey were beyond excited when they finally arrived at the store. It wasn't as big as Mr. Muto's store, but it had its own special charm.

„I really wonder about how those new duel disks are working. Kaiba said with those it's possible to duel wherever and whenever you want all over the city." Yugi thought out loud, rubbing his chin with his right hand when his eyes where fixed on a poster of the new duel disks, which hung in front of the store. Jesara arched an interested brow at the poster; those things definitely looked fancy and stylish. 'I have to admit that Kaiba has a good taste in industrial design.'

„Who cares? As long as I can kick his butt out of this tournament…" Joey grinned and balled his fist for emphasis to show the gang how serious he was to defeat Kaiba this time.

Jesara raised a brow and glared at the blonde with a little smirk. „Well, Joey… If you do I want to see it from first row. But you know that Kaiba is one of the worlds best duelists?"

„If only you cheer me on in first row there's no chance I could loose!" the blonde shouted in excitement as he wrapped Jesara's hands in his as he gave her a way too charming smile. Obviously his homrones just burned his brain. She stared at him in utter confusion while Yugi, Tea & Tristan face-palmed with a sigh.

„Uhm Joey, may I have my hand back? I will cheer you on. I promise." she said softly enough to make sure not to offend him or make him think she doesn't like him. It seemed like he still didn't realize that she had no romantic interests in him. Hopefully he will learn it sooner or later or find himself a girlfriend to fall for. She just didn't find a way to tell him.

„What are you guys waiting for? Let's go in and register." Tea interrupted with a wry grin and received a thankful glance from Jesara.

In the store they were friendly greeted by a man behind the counter. He wore big nerd glasses in front of his piercing green eyes; his hair had a natural shade of deep ash brown and his outfit was a regular t-shirt and used blue jeans. „Hey fellas! How may I help you?"

Yugi was first first to speak up and smiled warmly in his typical manner at the man. „We'd like to register for the tournament of Kaiba Corporation and pick up our duel disks!"

The man nodded and looked right behind him. „You guys are lucky, I have three duel disks left for you. May I have your names?" he kindly asked while he grabbed his computers keyboard - ready to type his costumers names to search in the database. His green eyes met Yugi's violet ones awaiting the young boy to speak.

„Yugi Mutou" Yugi said, smiling. The man typed in his name and retuned a polite smile.

„Okay, Yugi. You're rated with five stars in Kaiba Corp's database and I'm happy to tell you that you're qualified to compete in the tournament!" he announced and grabbed one of the duel disks behind him and then handed it over to little Yugi, who's expression was like today was christmas, easter and his birthday all at once. The man then looked over to Joey, awating him to tell him his name.

„And my name is Joey Wheeler!" he proudly announced as like he was some sort of celebrity. One short moment passed by as the man checked the database in the computer. But then he frowned.

„Oh I'm sorry, Joey. But you're only rated with one star out of five. That's not enough to register for the tournament… I'm very sorry."

Joey's eyes widened in disbelief when he was close to freak out. „WHAT? How could hat be? I was on second place in duelists kingdom! Where do you even get those informations from!?" the blonde yelled a bit too loud.

„It's the official duelists database of Kaiba Corporation. They did research of every duelist an-„ the man explained, but was cut short by the furious blonde. „KAIBA! I knew it! He manipulated them because he can't stand me! I can't believe it! Argh!"

The man just stared at him with a pitiful expression before returning his gaze back to the computer display when suddenly his expression changed completely. „Oh! I'm sorry but it seems like my computer had a error. Actually you have a four star rating! That's enough to register! Congratulations!" he exclaimed while handing over another duel disk to the blonde, who calmed down again and grinned like an idiot when he eyed his brand new duel disk.

„May I ask you what else this database tells you about the duelists?" Jesara interrupted and gave the man a suspicious glance. At this the friendly man turned around his display to show them all the information on it. „As you can see I can check out your official rating, a picture of you and I can see the rarest card you've ever played in a duel before. In case of Joey Wheeler it's the rare Red Eyes Black Dragon!" he explained.

„Isn't that a bit unfair…?" she asked again. "I mean that's the spoiler of the century, isn't it?"

„Well, I'm just doing my job here, Miss… Maybe it is, but I'm just doing what I was told to do and get payed for." he answered with a shrug.

After she shot him another suspicious glare she realized she could only accept it, not thinking about it more than needed. „Okay then. My Name is Jesara Jendayi. Written with a Y and I at the end."

The man typed in her name and checked once more of he had written her name correctly, after a short pause he smiled again. „Fine! You're also rated with four stars. I think you'd like to know that the database tells that your rarest card is the Guardian Angel Joan, is that correct?"

„Yes, correct" she nodded with a dry smile, not feeling comfortable with this whole situation of him knowing which cards she had in her deck. She felt like she was an open book for everyone to read. The man then handed over the last remaining duel disk to Jesara and wished them good look. After waving goodbye to the friendly man behind the counter the gang left the game shop and made their way towards Downtown.

„Kaiba is such a jerk… Did he really collect all possible information about every single duelist on this planet?" Joey asked while walking with his hands crossed behind his head.

„You know that Kaiba is a control-freak… ignore him." Tea shrugged. „You'd better focus on the tournament than wasting your energy on Mr Rich & Famous."

Yugi then changed the topic. „Do you already know about the tournament rules? They're quite… special." he said.

They stopped walking and focused on little Yugi, awaiting an explanation. The teen then started to explain. „You'll now have to sacrifice weaker monster cards to summon stronger ones; I think this rule will make the battles a lot more interesting! But on the other hand the loser will have to hand over his rarest card to the winner… That's a bit strange. I don't really want to loose my dark magician to anyone. But it's a great chance to collect some really awesome cards during the tournament!"

Joey's expression went furious once more. „WHAT? Argh! Kaiba did this on purpose" This selfish motherf-!" he yelled, but was cut off by Tea. „Joey, calm down. I'm sure you won't loose! Think positive!"

Everyone nodded in agreement and the blonde sighed before calming his nerves. „Okay then. It's late. I promised Serenity to stay by her side tonight. Tomorrow is the day of her eye surgery and I have to spend her some comfort and strength." Joey said before he turned on heel for the direction of the hospital. „I think I'll see you tomorrow when the tournament starts! Make sure you all pray for my little sister and her surgery!" he exlaimed happily while he sprinted off.

„Uhm… 'till tomorrow!" the gang said in unison.

„Guys, I'll also make my way home. I have to make some final adjustments to my deck and I'm sure I won't get just one second of sleep until tomorrow… you know, that goddamn essay about Romeo & Juliet…" Jesara spoke up and rolled her eyes in annoyance.

„Uhm, I don't know what you think about the idea…" Yugi said, looking at Jesara and then his eyes drifted over to Tea & Tristan. „…but what about spending the afternoon at my place and we help each other with our deck adjustments? And when we four work together I'm sure we have your essay ready & done in no time!"

Tea and Tristan looked at Yugi and after a short moment they nodded in unison, giving Jesara an assuring smile. „Yes! That's a great idea" Tea said in her typical always-happy manner. Jesara eyed her friends and responded with an thankful smile. „You guys are amazing… thank you."

/ Three hours later, at Yugi's place

Yugi was right; they managed to finish Jesara's essay in just two hours of work. Thanks to Tea they were also able to add some more fluffiness to the whole thing. Jesara was more than grateful to have such helpful friends, she could count and rely on them come what may. They also had enough time to make a final check to their duel decks.

„I think I can be satisfied with my almost new deck." Jesara grinned when she packed her adjusted deck back into the case and fixed it on her belt again. „How about you, Yugi?"

Yugi looked at her with a self-confident smile and nodded. „Yeah, I think my new cards in here make it a killer deck!"

„Eww… I wished I had any idea of what you're doing…" Tea scoffed, lying on the floor quite bored by her friends. „I feel you, Tea…" Tristan sighed in agreement to his female friend, ruffling his hand through his brown hair. Yugi and Jesara chuckled at their friends bewilderment.

„I can't wait until tomorrow… I never joined a tournament. I really wonder how it will be. And I'm so excited about who else we'll meet tomorrow." Jesara wondered, rubbing her chin with her right hand.

„As long as we don't run into another guy acting strange like Bandit Keith yesterday…" Yugi thought out loud. His words kicked Jesara back to her worries about this incident. She nearly forgot about it - well, she pushed it aside as good as possible.

„Yeah… I hope so too. Promise me you care a bit more about your puzzle. I can't imagine you without it and the spirit in it…" she replied, lost in thoughts.

„Oh! Didn't we tell you about our latest discovery about the spirit!?" Tea interrupted them as she made herself sit upright. „Yugi and me - well, it was more the spirit and me visited the new egyptian exhibit in the museum. There we met a very interesting woman - well, it was more like she'd been waiting for us, as if she knew we were coming… She told us a lot about the egyptian history and it turned out that the spirit is not just like any spirit! He's a 5000 years old pharaoh who saved the world! Isn't it amazing? She also told us that this pharaoh erased his own memory for some reason… Hard to believe, isn't it?"

Jesara sat there in some kind of shock rigid as her friend's words sunk in. She couldn't believe what Tea has just told her about the spirit she called her friend for at least almost 2 years. Old memories flashed her mind and she couldn't stop staring at Tea as if she was transformed into a statue.

„Jess?"

Jesara didn't react to Tea.

‚Could it be that this spirit is this special pharaoh we waited for…? But if that's true…" Her heart began to beat a million miles a minute.

„Hello? Is Jess at home?" she spoke up a bit louder, hoping to get at least a wink from her friend.

„JESS!?" she now shouted and Jesara winced when she snapped back into reality. „What's wrong?"

„Oh… I'm sorry. Ehm…" she stammered. „B-but it sounds so… as you said, hard to believe."

„Yeah…" Tea sighed. Her friend's reaction confused her. Why did she react so weird?

„You should also visit this exhibition, it's very well made. I thought because you're from Egypt too you'd enjoy to see some related things again… I know it's not like really being home, but you know what I mean." Yugi smiled at her.

„Maybe… You said you spoke to a woman and she somehow already expected you two? As like she knew you were coming…?" Jesara asked after clearing her throat, her voice was close to whispering and they could read from her face that she were concerned and nervous. Anxiousness and unease were evident in her amber-olive eyes. Yugi raised a brow, not sure what to think about her reaction.

„Yes, she was about… let me think … about 20 years old. I guess her name was Ishizu and it turned out that she is the wielder of the millenium necklace, which shows her the past & the future." he told her, awaiting her reaction.

Once again some kind of shock overwhelmed her, her slightly tanned skin went pale. Jesara looked like she'd seen a super spooky ghost. She saw her past repeating in super time lapse in front of her eyes. ‚No… Ishizu…?" Her past caught up on her and hit her like a sledgehammer.

Jesara began so sweat and breathe heavily. Was this a panic attack? Please not right no - no no no no.

„Jess! What's wrong?" Yugi kneeled down beside her and layed his hand on her shoulder to spend her some comfort. Also Tea kneeled next to her on the other side and Tristan watched from a chair across the room, not knowing what he could do right now. Jesara massaged her temples to calm down her nerves. She cleared her throat once more. „It's ok… I-It was just a bit… a lot of information… I'm okay." she said quietly.

„Are you sure?" Yugi asked with a concerned expression. Jesara only nodded and brushed away the sweat on her forehead with her palm.

A few seconds went by, the room was filled in awkward silence. None of them dared to speak nor knew what to say. What the hell was going on? Why did she act like this?

„Oh, I-I think it's very late. I should go home!" Jesara finally regained her voice and rose to her feet, hardly finding any balance. „I need to do my laundry before going to bed a-and there're some other things I need to do before tomorrow! Thank you so much for your help! Next round of coffee is on me." she explained with a nervous undertone. Before anyone could say just a single word she stuffed her belongings in her bag and headed out of Yugi's room and then out of the Game Shop. Her friends looked at each other. What the heck was written on each others expression. What to do now? Go after her or let her be? She seemed like she wanted to be alone for some reason. They decided to text her later to make sure Jesara was okay.

/ Jesara's flat

BANG!

The door slammed shut behind her after she stormed her flat. Jesara only stood there, lost in thoughts when tears started to gather in the corner of her eyes and she started to shiver. By now she could finally weep freely.

‚What have I done that fate is giving me five tons of lemons…? I left everything I had behind to escape from him… and now I find myself directly in his firing line… friend with his enemy. Does he already know about the whereabouts of the pharaoh's spirit and his vessel? I hope not… Please let it be a coincidence that Ishizu is in town…' she couldn't manage to get her thoughts straight. ‚Ishizu might already know about MY whereabouts… after I ran off… I hope HE doesn't know…'

She threw herself onto her bed and buried her face into her pillows, sobbing uncontrollably. Jesara wanted to shout, scream and punch into her pillow all at the same time.

‚But what if he already knows… What if the incidence with Bandit Keith was just a warning sign about what was coming and I just ignored it perfectly? No no no.' she thought while she nearly cried her eyes out of her head, soaking her pillows with the salty liquid mixed with black stains from her non-waterproof mascara. Jesara's mind went wild and uncontrollable - today's events and everything she was told by her friends really messed her up. She was awake until midnight unable to find just one second of sleep and she still didn't calm down. Eventually she feel into a restless sleep.

/ The next morning

Jesara awoke when the first sunbeams met her face and warmed her tanned skin with their grace. This night was terrible and she was sure she just looked a total nightmare today. Sighing she got up, realizing she slept in her schools uniform and didn't even remove her makeup yesterday. ‚I'm sure I look like a nightmare panda bear on drugs… or like Freddy Kruegers wife…with a hangover.' she thought bitterly as she inhaled deeply.

Before her brain could start to work again to make her think about yesterdays events she made her way to the bathroom and treated herself with a long, hot shower and lathered herself with her favourite lavender body-wash to calm her nerves. While she the scent met her nose her eyes were focused on the bottle. Jesara stared at it and the mustered the beautiful violet color of it. ‚Like his eyes…' She sighed. ‚Oh Ra… please, don't make my worst nightmare become reality… I really don't want to see those icy eyes ever again.'

Today was the start of the Battle City tournament and her classmates were all beyond excited about today's event. When she entered the classroom Jesara was greeted by her friends with the same concerned expression as yesterday.

„Good morning, how are you today?" Yugi asked softly.

Jesara locked eyes with him. ‚If I could only tell you…' she thought before she answered his question. „I'm fine. You know, what you guys told me yesterday quite freaked me out. But I think you understand that it's hard to believe that the spirit in your puzzle is a 5000 year old pharaoh etcetera." she forced a smile and rubbed the back of her head, messing up her light grey hair a bit.

Her friends nodded at her, then she realized that Joey was missing. „Where is our blonde Mr. Catastrophe?" she questioned then while raising a brow.

„I think he's at the hospital to stay by Serenity's side. Today is the day of her eye surgery. Joey said she is very nervous…" Tea explained to her.

„Ah… Well, I hope everything's going to be fine with his sister." Jesara said while she took her seat. The school day started with Jesara's most hated subject: literature. Mrs Johnson entered the classroom and her heavy bag landed with a loud BANG on the front desk.

„As you may know today's the start of Mr Kaiba's funny whatsoever tournament…" Mrs Johnson gave Kaiba's empty seat a nasty glare. „so school has been cancelled for today. Have a nice weekend." she murmured. The whole class cheered and immediately packed their stuff together and headed for the exit. Before also the gang and Jesara left the classroom, she handed her essay to Mrs Johnson.

When the gang had left the school building an annoying beeping sound came from Tea's cell phone. „Hey Joey! How's Serenity? Everything's fine?" she giggled into the phone. Tristan, Jesara & Yugi scanned her hopefully, expecting good news.

„OH MY GOSH! WHAT DID HAPPEN, JOEY!?" she shrieked into the phone after a few seconds. „You lost your Red Eyes!?"

The gang looked at her in shock, expecting further explanation from her friend. She told Joey that they'll meet at the Domino main square in a hour and ended the call. „Joey has been forced to duel by a freaky, cloaked gangster last night on his way to the hospital. He lost the duel and had to hand over his rarest card to the creep… his beloved Red Eyes…" she explained sadly and repeated the hard facts Joey had told her on the cell. „We'll meet him in a hour at Domino main square…"

‚A cloaked gangster…?' Tea's words hammered in Jesara's head.

„How did this happen!? The tournament haven't even started yet!" Yugi yelled and his friend's could tell from his face that the always nice and handsome little Yugi was more than pissed off right now.

„I don't know, Yugi… I'm sure Joey will tell us all about it when we meet him…" Tristan tried to calm him down a bit. Little Yugi nodded at him - he was so furious right now. How could anyone dare to force his best friend to duel and steal his beloved, rarest card?

„I'll meet you there… I need to stop by at home, change my outfit und grab my duel disk and deck." Jesara informed their friends as she turned on heel and ran off. „CU there! I'll hurry!" then she started a sprint, she didn't want to be late then. Soon she was out of sight.

When Jesara arrived home she hurried to change into her signature outfit; a black skinny jeans combined with a quite tight mauve coloured tank top and her favourite black leather jacket on top. Also she finished it with her three various studded leather belts which caressed her hips criss-cross and loose, attached to it: her duel monsters deck case. After she put on her studded ankle-boots Jesara turned around to head for her flat's door, but she suddenly halted when she discovered a little envelope in front of it. Was it there when she came home about 30 minutes ago? Did she miss it laying there? Had somebody slipped it beneath her door? Jesara curiously picked it up and examined it. The envelope looked like it was made of historic papyrus paper, what made her even more fierce; it felt too familiar. Jesara slowly and carefully opened it when she only found a single card - only one sentence, written in old Egyptian hieroglyphs.

"Don't tell them." She translated it and uttered the words out loud.

Her eyes were glued to those 3 words written on the card and it felt like an eternity. Whoever has sent this to her… what does he or she mean by Don't tell them? Although she had a sneaking suspicion and her stomach felt like it turned three times in just 5 seconds, she tried her best to not even think about it. She scanned it for another moment without moving just one inch from where she stood. 'What is this all about…?' She thought, before jogged her head to get rid of her woolly thoughts and left - her friends were waiting for her.

/ At Domino main square

Jesara just stepped out of the subway station of the main square, when suddenly an all too familiar voice could be loud and clearly heard all over the place. It seemed like it was everywhere and no where at the same time. 'Is this Kaiba?' A giant blimp appeared on the sky, drifting slowly above the skyscrapers, casting a cloud over the place.

'He may be the biggest jerk on earth… but I have to admit he has a goddamn good taste for dramatics…' she thought while she watched the blimp above her with amber-olive irises. Kaiba's face appeared on two giant flatscreens on its bottom, staring down arrogantly to the busy streets of Domino.

"Welcome to my Battle City tournament! I hope you're all prepared to fight, but just the 8 best duellists will deserve it to qualify for the finals. There are only three days to go, duelists! In only two minutes you'll find yourself in a war zone and I expect only your best!" Kaiba's voice pronounced in his typical manner that she hated him so much for. Jesara couldn't stand his way to act, his arrogance and his lack of good manners. She lost count over how many times she rolled her eyes during his speech, when finally Kaiba officially declared the beginn of Battle City.

She curiously made her way through the crowded main square and prospected for her friends. It didn't take too long before she spottet Yugi, surrounded by a large crowd cheering on him. 'This little guy isn't loosing any time…' she chuckled to herself mentally when she approached him and pushed herself to the front through the crowd of people. He just started to duel - but who the heck was his opponent?

"Hey Tea." She whispered over the shoulder. of her female friend "The tournament just has started a minute ago and Yugi is already dueling? Who is this guy?"

When Joey spotted Jesara he immediately stood a way too close by her side. "Hey Jess… That guy? That's the jerk who stole my Red Eyes yesterday… Yugi challenged him to get my card back…" he tried not to scream, the blonde was furious and balled a fist at Yugi's opponent.

"I see…" she sighed, examining the man in front of Yugi. He maybe was in his end twenties, she guessed, and his hair had a light shade of lilac. "You know his name?" Jesara asked under her breath.

"He calls himself Rare Hunter, but I doubt that it's his real name…" Tea said with a low voice, looking to Jesara beside her. Jesara gasped when Tea's words met her ears, her mouth standing slightly agape. 'Did she really say Rare Hunter? B-but that's the name of his…'

"This jerk has at least one full set of Exodia in his deck… his all stragedy is about collecting all five pieces to defeat his enemies…" the blonde explained. Joey's head had the colour of a tomato, his friends knew that he was close to exploding, his blood boiling inside of his veins. Keeping calm during such situations like this wasn't exactly one of his talents, but somehow it was a facet of his personality that made him somehow cute.

But Jesara didn't listen, her mind has gone crazy after hearing the 'name' of Yugi's challenger. Has this something to do with the mysterious letter she found in her flat? Don't tell them you know who those Rare Hunters are? She massaged her temples to calm her nerves at least one bit. Her thoughts shot through her head like an uncontrolled firework - no chance to get them straightened.

The duel was exciting, also nerve-wrecking. First luck wasn't on Yugi's side, but when his Alpha The Magnet Warrior attacked Rare Hunter's life points directly he lost his feat and tumbled to the ground. His life points dropped to zero - the duel was over. Tea, Joey and Jesara cheered and high-fived each other. "Congrats Yugi! We knew you'll win!" Tea yelled in excitement, she was met by Yugi's smile and a thumb-up.

But their excitement was interrupted by an ear-wrecking scream. Rare Hunter rose to his feet, but it seemed like he was fighting with his own head. His hands clinched his head, he groaned and screamed like he was suffering the worst-of-all-time-migraine. The gang stared at him in shock. What was going on? Finally a last, frighting scream left Rare Hunter's lips. A bright light appeared on his forehead; revealing an eye which looked identical to the one on Yugi's millenniums puzzle. His eyes were dull and blank.

"PHARAOH!" Rare Hunter chuckled. "I finally found you."

Yugi shot an angry glare towards him but didn't respond to his words.

"Yugi… Congratulations, you defeated one of my slaves… But be sure that he was one of my weaker ones." Rare Hunter continued. His voice sounded completely different - out of this world. It sounded like his and another more dominant voice were mixed together. "Next time you won't be so lucky and your puzzle will soon be mine! Hahahahahaha"

"What are you talking about!? Who are you!?" Yugi yelled and he realised by now that Rare Hunter wasn't himself anymore - he was controlled by something or someone. Just like Bandit Keith...

"I'm your worst nightmare, pharaoh. You have something what's meant to be mine and you soon will surrender your power to me." Rare Hunter answered and grinned at Yugi. "My family suffered for thousands of years and waited for your return, but you're not worthy enough to be pharaoh! You had your chance and now I'll claim what was ever meant to be MINE!"

"We'll see…" Yugi said calm but firm. "Who are you?! Tell me your name!"

"It would be a pleasure to me, pharaoh…" he snickered with a sarcastic undertone. "Remember my name, I'll make sure it gives you nightmares…"

Jesara's hand met her lips, trying to hold back a whimper. Was this really happening? Could just anyone wake her up from this nightmare? Her eyes were glued to Rare Hunter - or to whoever controlled him. But deep in her heart she already knew what all this was about and who was behind this… All those warning signs left no other possibility for her; she should have known better.

"My name…" Rare Hunter spoke up. "…is Marik."

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