Rewritten: (27/12/13)

Author's Note: Hey guys! How are ya? Hope you like this next chapter! It's supposed to be a little bit...suspense-y. XD It's not all a duel by the way! Something happens in the end! Read to find out! ^^ Enjoy! ^^ Thank you! :)

Summary: The duel is reaching intensity. Someone loses control. Another loses a friend. And one loses hope. Something happens that terrifies Sarah. What will happen to everyone, especially the Pharaoh? Maybe it was Fate…

Is this chapter rewritten?: Yes, it is!

Disclaimer!: Fanfiction, and I do NOT get any money out of it either. Thanks. ^^

Battle City-New Evil Emerges, Old Friends Reunite Chapter 3

CURRENT LP: Keith: 0500/Yugi: 1500

When I became anxious, I begin pacing a bit or just start moving my feet in random directions. It was a habit I had grown into ever since I could remember. Anxiety was something I dealt with a lot in Egypt, but during life and death situations, I didn't waste my time carelessly walking around. I was well aware it would've cost me my life. This habit first bloomed when I started learning about battle strategies and mapping. I needed to concentrate and moving in a specific beat helped my brain think in various ways.

So as said, I began moving around. You know, the general. Walking briskly a couple paces to the right, then a couple paces to the left. It could have been anxiety or left over energy that I needed to get rid of. More or less in this particular situation, all i felt like doing was jumping Keith.

Said blond now had the strongest monster on the field. Zera the Mant had 2800 attack points. Yugi's Dragon Champion didn't stand a chance in the last turn so it was wiped out. Now he had an empty field, but not an empty strategy.

"Make your move," Keith challenged. I held the hem of my shirt.

"Do not let him taunt you," I said. Yugi nodded once before drawing his card. I watched him look over his hand but a look of disappointment was lined on his face. He played a monster in defence mode.

"Tch," Keith scoffed. "Your deck is weak. For my move, I play Seiyaryu in attack mode. Then I play one card face down and activate a magic card called Stop Defence. Now your defence monster will be switched into attack position!"

Yugi's monster was Koumori Dragon. For a cool monster, it had low attack and defence points and it was wiped out, along with a bit of Yugi's life points.

LP: Keith: 0500/Yugi: 0400

I swore under my breath in Ancient Egyptian. This wasn't going well. I crossed my arms and tapped my elbows, wondering what Yugi could do to get himself out of this position. I couldn't find a way for him to counter, but then again, I wasn't Yugi. He was the one who believed the most in the heart of the cards. I continued to give support while the gears in his brain tried to twist in diverse ways to invent a new way to defeat his opponent.

"Your end is near," said Keith.

I shook my head. "You're wrong," I said, my eyes narrowing. "Yugi will win."

Yugi drew his card and played another monster in defence mode. When it was Keith's turn, he attacked the defending monster with Seiyaryu. Mystical Elf was destroyed. It was getting a little harder to believe what I just said with every turn.

Then Keith switched his Zera the Mant into defence mode. I blinked. That was unexpected. Why would he do that? His monster was winning.

Yugi also thought it was weird. Zera was the strongest monster on the field. If he put it into defence mode, then that probably meant something bad. Yugi drew his next card for the turn, cautiously. He looked over his hand and I watched him choose three cards and play them on the field. "I play a magic card face down," he started. "Then I summon Dark Magician in defence mode and play Magical Hats to conceal him!" His Dark Magician appeared onto the field, sparkling to life, and when the four top hats fell from above, he was hidden in one of them. There might be hope for this move; it was a good combination.

"I activate my trap," Keith said suddenly, flipping a card into activation. "Magic Jammer! It lets me negate the effect of a magic card, and I choose your Magical Hats!" His Dark Magician's black top cover wavered away, leaving the monster exposed. I almost growled with frustration.

Then Keith turned over another card. "I also play the magic card, Curse of Fiend! Which switches all monsters on the field from defence to attack, or vice versa." My eyes widened. So that was why he put Zera in defence position! He knew he was going to use that magic card! Funny how he was getting cards to help him with these combinations. I bet he was using the same dirty tricks he used against Joey at Duelist Kingdom. He has officially earned the title of many of my curse words.

Zera the Mant and Dark Magician switched from defence into attack mode, and when Keith ordered his monster to attack, I thought it was all over, but then I remembered Yugi's face down card.

"I activate my own trap, Mirror Force!"

Excellent move! I thought. Now Keith was in for it. Mirror Force repelled the attack back at Keith. It was an awesome move, but I almost celebrated too soon.

"I activate my counter trap card!" Keith cried, turning another of his cards around. "I play Solemn Judgement! Once activated, it negates the effect of a trap card and destroys it from further use. And to use this card, I only have to give up half of my life points. Now Zera, attack Yugi's Dark Magician and rid him from the field, once and for all!"

Zera drew in a breath of air and then shot a stream of energy straight at the Dark Magician. He tried fighting through the attack but it was too strong and he disappeared off the field. Yugi looked devastated. He wanted to see a comforting glance from me, but was too ashamed to look.

LP: Keith: 0200/Yugi: 0100

"I'm one step closer to defeating you, Yugi!" Keith chuckled manically. "This is almost over!"

"Yugi..." I said solemnly when I saw his brows creased. Then I glared harshly towards Keith.

"How about now, Guardian?" Keith's mind controller said, tauntingly through his puppet's mouth. "Do you still stay on his side?"

I crossed my arms and kept my glare straight at him. I knew Yugi was watching.

"I'm sticking with him to the end," I stated clearly.

Keith chuckled malignantly, a new idea forming in his head. "The spirit of the Puzzle, or little Yugi?" he asked me.

I growled, the anger within me started get hotter again. I couldn't believe he played such a devilish card! "Both of them, you oversized dolt. Now shut your mouth so Yugi can defeat you-"

Suddenly my Locket glowed and I stopped where I was. I turned my head to look over my shoulder but all I saw was the door to the warehouse behind me. That was strange. I was sure I sensed someone's presence just now. A completely different one.

Keith didn't notice my waver. Or he chose not to. "You hear that, little Yugi?" he asked, the smirk returning to his lips. "She thinks you can win!"

"That's 'cause he will!" I hollered, ignoring the warning my Locket gave me. I thought that maybe if the presence had wanted to be shown, they would've come out into the open. "Now go ahead Yugi! You can do this!"

Yugi gave me a moment's glance before nodding and getting ready to make his next move. When he drew his card, his eyes were showing pure determination. I guessed my yelling helped him. I just wanted it to be clear to Keith that I would help both Yami and Yugi. Not one of them, BOTH of them. How could he even dare to play that manoeuvre? I shook my head, thinking that as long as I thought properly, what he said didn't matter.

"I play a magic card face down," Yugi said, playing his selected card. "Then I play a monster in defence mode. All right, Keith. Let's see what you've got."

The amount of confidence he suddenly had in his voice made me smile. In one adventure, Yami managed to teach him a couple of great things. Confidence and determination. Yugi was on the path to obtaining them. I was… proud.

Mindslave Keith drew his next card, dramatically pulling it off from his deck as if he was ripping it off. "It's time to end this duel!" he said, scanning his eyes through his hand. "And claim the power that is mine!"

What did he mean by that? Did he want the Millennium Puzzle so he could take the power it held? Or… was it Yami's power that he wanted? I was even more anxious now.

He knew… he knew so much…

Just who was this...

"Watch out Yugi!"

Keith sneered. "Too late," he said, and with one flick of his wrist, he played a magic card which he no doubt pulled from out of his sleeve. "I play Tribute to the Doomed! This rare card allows me to destroy any monster on the field by giving up only one card." He did just as the rules specified and directed the effect at Yugi's defence monster, but just in time, Yugi played a counter move.

"Not so fast, Keith!" Yugi revealed his face down card. "I activate Living Arrow! This card takes your magic card, Keith, and sends its effects right back at you!"

An arrow appeared on the field with Tribute to the Doomed attached to its tail. It was shot from an invisible bow right into Zera the Mant. It had such incredible speed, Zera was instantly shattered and finally destroyed.

"Yeah!" I yelled, punching the air above my head. "That's how it's done!" Keith's strongest monster finally went to the Graveyard. I was just about to do a victory dance, when a chill rushed up my spine.

Suddenly the air around us physically changed shape. It was like something unattached itself from the atmosphere in the shack. It was then that I noticed the unfamiliar aura around Keith gone. Before us now stood a very confused looking blond American. The poor guy has probably had the trip of a lifetime. If the second aura, the one that belonged to his mind controller, was gone so suddenly, then link between him and Keith was broken. Now I can only see Keith's aura. But… only another Millennium Item can sever the link… or the controller was suddenly interrupted from wherever he was cowering.

"Wh-What's going on?" asked Keith, blinking and looking around. Then he found the cloak he was wearing. "And what the Hell is this stupid robe?!"

"Now that Zera's gone," Yugi said, not noticing that it was the normal Keith at the moment. "Time for me to win this duel and win back the Millennium Puzzle!"

Keith blinked harshly toward the boy standing on the other end of the platform. He couldn't believe he was in an abandoned warehouse dueling a past competitor. "Yugi Mutou? Sarah Wind?" he shouted incredulously, finally seeing us for the first time through his own eyes.

"What on Earth is going on?" he practically demanded. Before I could answer his question, the Eye of Ra began glowing on his forehead and Keith immediately reached for his head, yelling for mercy. Yugi finally understood what might have happened in mere moments.

Keith cleared his throat, suddenly very calm all over again. "Well… it looks like we've hit a minor set back," Keith's controller said, regaining control over his puppet. Keith was a jerk, but it was really sick to control people against their will. "I guess we will have to end our duel a tad bit short."

Jumping onto the platform, by hopping over his duel mat, Keith sprinted to the other side and grasped Yugi's Millennium Puzzle tightly in his hands. Our eyes widened. "If I can't have the Millennium Puzzle," he said, watching us both. "Then no one can!"

Without much thought on what I was about to do, and just going with what my feet told me, I jumped up beside him and quickly caught the Puzzle as Keith was about to drive it into the the side of the platform. When it came into contact with my palm, it glowed along with my Locket. Keith and I began playing Push-of-War to see who would either ram the Item into the wall or push it away from it. He pushed with all his might and I tried fighting back, but a corner of the Puzzle was digging into my hand and I almost slipped. I gave a sudden yell as Keith applied more pressure and I was sure there would be a bruise on my hand from where the Puzzle's corner was.

"Stop this," I said through clenched teeth, trying to keep his attack at bay.

"Let go of the Puzzle!" cried Yugi, leaning over to try and strangle Keith by pulling on his robes.

"Never!" Keith choked as Yugi jerked him backwards. He staggered but without letting go of the Puzzle. We stared at each other. Then Keith growled and turned the Puzzle in his hands.

"If I can't destroy it," he said, holding the tip of the Millennium Puzzle between two fingers. My eyes widened and my blood ran cold. "I'll just simply make it incomplete! That way the spirit can never be resurrected!" With one swift motion, Keith clipped off the corner piece and threw it into the rafters above, sending it flying through the air with all his might attached. I heard it clink a few times before I couldn't hear anything again. The beautiful gold glint was gone too, lost in the abyss of darkness on the upper storey.

Tears threatening to overwhelm me, I grabbed Keith by his collar just as he let the Puzzle dangle from the eye bolt away from his hands. "You idiot!" I yelled, jerking him back and forth, attempting to shake him to death. I wanted so badly to murder him right on the spot. How could he! After all Yugi and I had been through to try and keep the Pharaoh safe; to bring him back; Keith goes and throws a piece of the Puzzle into oblivion!

The tears I held finally fell down my cheeks and the hold I had on Keith's collar as he was smirking down at me faltered. I couldn't believe it… a piece of the Puzzle was gone. And we might never get it back.

...I failed... I thought horribly, guilt turning my stomach over. … I failed… it's all my fault...

"... I failed."

(Latest) Author's Note: You will probably notice that most of these chapters aren't exactly rewritten from top to bottom, but in fact, simply fixed in many places. I might have added some things here and there to increase characters development, but most of it is about the same. Also, the grammar has been attempted at being fixed as well. I hope it's alright! Thank you for reading. :)

(First) Author's Note: Holy flippin' fudge nuts. O_O What did I...I wrote this in one day! WOW...something's wrong with me. Maybe it was the iPod with Automatic by Danny Fernandes on it! WOOT! Awesome song guys! Reviews are appreciated! Thanks for reading! Hope you liked that chapter! ^^

Sorry if it was a bit short! xD

It was as though my whole life came crashing down in a matter of seconds.