Chapter 5 part 2:

*No One's POV*

"Whoa! Smooth move!" Joey says amazed. "Yugi caught one of Panik's most powerful monsters, and now he's got two magic cards on the table to boot!"

"So what?" Panik asked glaring at the two. "You captured my reaper, but he's only one of my powerful monsters."

"Getting nervous Panik?" Yami Yugi asked smirking.

"Grr!"

"I may have yet to launch an effective attack against you and your night creatures..."

"But that all change very soon," Yami Emiko finishes with a smirk.

"Ridiculous. What are you talking about?"

"You know what we're talking about," the female Yami speaks.

"We made you a promise that in five moves we would teach you a lesson that you would never forget," the male Yami adds in.

"And we intend to make good," they said at the same time.

"You only have four turns left, Panik," Yami Emiko shows four fingers with her gloved hand as her arms are crossed against her chest.

"Four more turns before Emiko and I drag you from your shadows and show you up for the bully that you truly are."

"You dolts! Have you forgotten whom you face here?" Panik's not wanting to be beaten down as he slams down on the button. Fire rises up. "I am Panik the Eliminator!"

Yami Yugi, who is still has the traps around his ankles, simply smirks, "is that supposed to scare us?"

"Or are you running scared?" Yami Emiko, still supporting him, smirking.

"Grr! Grr!"

"Both Yugi and Emiko are playing with fire," Tea says from below. "I sure hope they know what they're doing."

"Yea," Joey agrees, "This Panik nut-job is playing for keeps."

"Oh yea," Mai says sarcastically. "Panik enjoys breaking people down, making them sweat, watching them squirm. For him, dueling is just an excuse to practice his cruelty."

"You can't stall forever," Yami Emiko smirks at Panik. "Sooner or later, you'll have to make your move."

"Silence little girl!" Panik picks up a card. "Huh? Huh…" Suddenly he laughs again his dark laugh again. "This beast will win the entire match for me, King of Yamimakai!"

His monster is place down the field in attack position (Attk: 2000/Def: 1530).

"But don't take my word for it. Powered up with the field power bonus that all my monsters get from the night my King of Yamimakai is far more powerful than your pitiful creature."

"Oh, no!" Yugi's best friend calls out.

"King of Yamimakai, destroy his Cruse of Dragon!"

Black Electric crackles from the monster's claws as it growls and striking an attack.

"Now my King of Yamimakai…." Yami Yugi secretly smiles waiting for the attack. "Electro shock attack!" The attack strikes towards the other side of the field, thinking it's going to hit the Curse of Dragon. "What? It's veering away!" The strike hits the Spellbound Reaper instead! "Instead of destroying Yugi's Curse of Dragon….It's attacking my Reaper of Cards!"

Reaper of the Cards let's out a cry before disappearing into the graveyard pile.

"Hmm," Yami Emiko says smirking with her arms crossed and arms crossed. "Your Reaper of the Cards is vanquished!" She opens her eyes to turn to her partner who happily smiles back to her before turning to Panik.

"Panik messed up!" Tea smiles happily, making a weird pit of anger in Yami Emiko's stomach.

"No! My life points!" Panik exclaimed as the life points of 2000 went down to 494. "Curse you both and your Spellbinding Circle! Its light drew in my energy blast and destroyed my precious monster!"

"They don't do well when they dare step out of the darkness," Yami Yugi explained. "Emiko would you like to do the honors?" he asked her.

"It would be honored to," she smiles back. "Now let's bring all your monsters into the light." Yami Emiko picks up the Swords of Revealing Lights card faceup. "We dispel all your darkness with the Swords of Revealing Lights!"

Revealing lights surrounds towards the Castle with a very bright glow, blinding everyone.

"Stop! Stop it!" Panik calls out. "I can't stand the light!" He shields himself with his arms.

Soon the light forms into the swords to reveal his monsters under the castle. Yami Emiko narrows her river blue eyes to study what exactly his monsters are then smirks.

"Your monsters are revealed!" Yami Yugi announces.

"Ha! No one keeps Yugi in the dark!" Tristan grins.

"Even Panik's cards are revealed now!" Tea says as the opponent screen reveals to the two Yamis.

"No more hiding Panik," Yami Emiko says. "Your darkness will shield you no longer. Three turns left," she shows three fingers. "And then, you're finished."

"We didn't use the swords just to illuminate your monsters," Yami Yugi joins in. "It also causes all your monsters on the field to be frozen for three turns….starting right now."

"That means you can't make any attack while we implement with Yugi's strategy."

'Does these upstart think they can panic me?' Panik thinks to himself. 'They might be planning an attack on their next turn, but the only monster they have on the field is Curse of Dragon,' (Attk: 2000/Def: 1500). 'While I have three mighty monster of my own: Barox.' (Attk: 1794/Def: 1989). 'Dark Chimera.' (Attk: 2093/Def: 1989). 'King of Yamimakai.' (Att: 2600/Def: 1989). 'Despite of Yugi's Swords of Revealing Light, my monsters still get a power bonus from the night. And after three turns they'll be free once more, and Yugi will beg me to end this duel.'

'Can we even go through the three turns and win?' Hikaru Emiko is starting to doubt herself along with Yami Emiko. 'I mean for some odd reason I feel like Yugi can go through this duel winning it, but at the same time I don't know if he has all of the cards that I should him to win.'

'Don't worry,' Hikaru Yugi says in Yami Yugi's mind, connecting to Yami Yugi's mind. Yami Yugi turns to Yami Emiko with a smile. 'We are going to win this duel once and for all.'

'Okay!' she smiles back, making him blush a little.

"We're stalling, Panik," Yami Yugi and Yami Emiko turns back to him.

"Afraid to draw your next card?" Yami Yugi asked.

'They continue to goad me,' Panik thinks to himself again before drawing a card. 'Usually my opponents are sobbing and broken by now, but they are not like the others. I will relish crushing their spirit.' Then he chuckles seeing the card. "And this is the card to do it! Yugi, Emiko, you can forget your foolish delusion of defeating me in just three turns. I've drawn a Chaos Shield card."

Yami Emiko's eyes widen. "Uh, no!"

"That affects all the monsters on the field," Yami Yugi says with his eyes narrowed a little.

"It puts them all in defense mode and raises their defense points," they explained together.

"You're thinking too small, you fools," Panik places it on the field. "Or don't you realize that I can combine my Chaos Shield with my Castle of Dark Illusions."

"This is bad," Mai says.

"With this combination, I can protect a defensive shield over my entire area."

A faintly light source surrounds Panik's monsters within a shield with the swords.

"Now Yugi and Emiko can't get anywhere near his monsters," Mai freaks out.

The group freaks out as well.

"What does that mean?" Tea asked.

"Panik's untouchable while Yugi and Emiko are sitting ducks."

"As long as the Chaos shield is in place," Panik explains, "your monsters can't touch me. Do you still think you can defeat me in three turns, you impudent shrimps? Admit defeat now. You can see how the shield raises the defense points of my monsters."

(3200, 2600. 2600, 2600)

'He's right,' Hikaru Yugi speaks. 'That shield protects against any possible attacks, even from my strongest monsters.'

Panik laughs.

"Hmm, I hate to say it," Mai speaks from below, "but Yugi and Emiko really don't stand a chance. Breaking duelists is what Panik does for a living. Panik is brutal, ruthless - everything the ultimate duelist needs to be.

"Mai," Ryou says, "you've become so cynical about duel monsters. And you don't understand Yugi at all, really. There's much more to him than meets the eye.

"Joey," Tristan asked his best friend, "Yugi can win this, right?"

"Man, I wish I could tell ya," he admits. "But after the way Panik beat Mai, I got no idea what Yugi's chances are. Now if Emiko is willing to step for us, which we don't know anything about her, her chances are similar to Yugi's."

"Give up! Admit Defeat!" Panik screamed at Yami Yugi and Yami Emiko. "I'm going to crack you like an egg."

"You'd like for us to crack, wouldn't you Panik?" Yami Yugi asked chuckling. "Because it's worked for you before - winning through intimidation, not through skill."

"You mock my skill? My skill is what's defeating you both." He points at them.

"Don't be so sure," Yami Emiko smirks.

"What do you mean by that?"

"You think you're winning, that your tactics are taking Yugi and I by surprise, but we both saw your strategy the minute I saw what kind of man you are."

"You're talking nonsense."

"I knew you would use Chaos Shield," Yami Yugi speaks up. "Cowardly bullies you always try to hide behind something."

"Shut up! I'm in no way of a coward," Yami Emiko smirks at the sweat running down his face, "and I never try to hide behind anything."

"Your whole strategy is nothing but hiding and cowering," both Yamis explained.

"You dare to call me a coward?" Panik questioned angrily, boosting up the flames. "You insignificant little worms. Nobody talks to me that way! I am Panik the Eliminator!" He slams on the button making fire bursts through and towards Yami Yugi and Yami Emiko.

Yugi's friends gasped at the sight as they move out of the way of the flames. Panik breath heavily.

"Are you finished?" the keepers of the Millennium Items asked a little annoyed.

"Or are you going to continue to hide behind your bluster and battlements…." Yami Yugi starts.

"Like a big coward," Yami Emiko finishes.

Panik simply growls at them.

"The truth hurts. Doesn't it Panik?" Yami Yugi asked.

"Facing up to your true self," Yami Emiko explains, "is usually more than bullies like you can bear, so you hide in the shadows."

"You will taunt me no longer!"

"Yugi, Emiko, he's dangerous!" Tea calls out. "You've just got to stop stirring him up."

"Don't interfere huh?" Mai asked sarcastically. "Yugi and Emiko are just using Panik's own tactics against him. It's psyche out warfare."

"I will burn you to a cinder!"

"That would prove you're a crowd," Yami Emiko explains.

"If you're not afraid then you should stop hiding and play this game with honor," Yami Yugi adds in. "Or I will rip your pathetic fearsome facade away."

"You bluff!"

"There's only one way you'll know for sure - play out this game," Yami Yugi says.

"After all, we'll know in two turns," Yami Emiko shows him two fingers. "Can you last just two turns? Do you have the courage?"

"Do I have the courage?" he asked in anger. "Panik fears no duelist. I will crush your spirit and wipe out your life points."

"Boy, Yugi and Emiko really shook Panik up," Mai said. "Psychology is half the game."

"And now, it's my turn," Yami Yugi says, drawing a card. "And my card is Gaia, the Fierce Knight!" The monster appears on the field (Attk: 2300/Def: 2100).

"Idiot! You think a monster with attack power that weak can breath through my Chaos Shield?!" Panik smiles, almost laughing.

"Maybe not by himself but I also have a magic card." Yami Yugi reveals his other facedown card. "Read it and weap."

"A Polymerization card!" Panik exclaims, almost panicking.

"And with this card, Gaia and the Dragon will combine together to create Gaia, the Dragon Champion!" Yami Emiko calls out the combination, which Yami Yugi secretly smiles to his partner.

"Now my combo-creature's attack power is raised to 2600!" Yami Yugi adds in.

"The Dragon Champion?" Panik asked.

"My turn's over, but you're finished as well."

'Finished? What's he mean by that?' Panik asked to himself. 'They know that even with an attack power of 2600, the Dragon Champion's still not strong enough to break through the chaos shield.' (Attk: 2600/Def: 2100) and (Def: 3200). 'There's got to be more to their plan than that otherwise they wouldn't be so confident. Errr! I can't risk attacking.' He begins to draw. 'But if I wait one more turn than the paralyzing effects of Yugi's Swords of Revealing Lights will wear off. Then I'll deactivate my Chaos Shield, and my monsters will be free to attack them all at once, winning it all!' Panik looks at the card and smiles big, "Awe! Perfect!"

"Hmm?" the two Yamis said.

"Metal Guardian in defense mode." The monster appears next to the shield. (Attk: 1150/Def: 2150). "He will further shield my creatures and the field power bonus raises his defense power to 2795." His attack points went up to 1490 as well. "With him on guard, any attack against my monsters is totally impossible."

"Figures," Yami Emiko closes her eyes, "you're cowering again."

"Insolent little cat!"

"Your strategy is nothing but putting up defenses," she opens her eyes. "You're showing how weak you are."

"Silence! The Swords of Light will extinguish. Then I'll hit you with everything at once."

"It'll be too late," Yami Yugi noted. "We've already led you deep into our trap."

"What?"

"The stronger you make your defenses, the more you lock yourself into defeat."

"That's a joke. You're nothing but talk."

"The time is for talk is over," Yami Emiko says. "That was your last turn," she shows one finger.

"The end is now!" Yami Yugi announces, pulling out the one card to win from his hand. "Catapult Turtle!" (Attk: 1000/Def: 2000).

"Slow and steady wins the duel, Panik," Yami Emiko joins in. "For I can use the turtle's catapult to launch Yugi's Gaia, the Dragon Champion and shatter your defenses." The Dragon Champion positions himself on the catapult. "Catapult launch raises Gaia, the Dragon Champion's attack power all the up to 3200."

"You weren't expecting that, were you?" Yami Yugi asked as the catapult raises up.

"My monster's defense power is still much too strong for you," Panik argues. "Protected as they are by the Chaos Shield, you still can't touch them. You can only watch helplessly as they prepare to assault you next turn."

"Who said anything about attacking your monsters?" Yami Emiko asked. "What we are attacking is….."

"The castle," Yami Yugi and Yami Emiko joins in together.

Mai gasped.

"You fools," Panik smiles, not believing it. "My castle is still unassailable. Its walls are still invincible to any of your attacks. So I won't take any damage at all."

"We'll see about that," Yami Yugi smirked, then nods to Yami Emiko.

She nods back and turns forward. "Turtle, catapult launch the Dragon Champion!" she orders.

The catapult raises up more towards the direction of the castle. Gaia and the dragon soars through the air screeching towards the castle. The impact causes large noise and smoke into a bright light. Everyone below shield themselves from the light as Panik let out a cry of possible fear.

"Whoa," Tristan says, noticing the life points, "Emiko flushed a lot of points with that maneuver."

Life Points went from 1606 to 300.

"Yea! She sacrificed Yugi's Dragon Champion," Joey said.

"That's an awfully big lost," Ryou speaks. "Both the monsters and life points."

"Right! And if this attack bring down that castle down, then next turn Panik will wipe out the rest of Yugi's and Emiko's life points."

"I hope this works."

"It has to work."

"I can't see a thing," Tea speaks up, looking through the thick smoke. Soon the smoke clears. "Wait." Only a part of the castle gets destroyed down. "No! It's still floating!"

'Grr! Shut up!' Hikaru Emiko growls at the oddly familiar female down below.

"The castle survived."

"Fools! For all your threats, my castle is unharmed. Your worthless attack simply knocked its floatation ring off. And now that, your attack has failed, I'll eliminate you once and for all!" He laughs. "It's been five turns, and I'm still standing Yugi and Emiko. My monsters are still contained and protected within the Chaos Shield. When this turn is over, the paralyzing effects of your Swords of Revealing Light will vanish. Then on my turn, I'll attack you with all of my monsters and wipe you out forever!"

"There is no next turn for you," Yami Yugi noted.

"This duel has already ended," Yami Emiko finishes.

"It's not over," Panik argues.

"Doesn't it seem strange to you that a castle that's lost its flotation ring is somehow still floating?" Yami Yugi asked.

"What if the Swords of Revealing Light had locked in place, not only your monsters, but your castle as well?" Yami Emiko asked. "Then what will happen next?"

"It can't be!"

"Can it?" Mai asked softly.

"Right now, the only thing holding up your castle are the Swords of Revealing Light," Yami Emiko explains. "And when this turn ends each and every sword will vanish."

"But….that means…." Panik is speechless because realized it.

"It's over," Yami Yugi announces. "And now your world's about to come tumbling down."

"No one defeats Panik!"

"Our turn is over."

As soon as he said that, the swords disappear. The castle comes tumbling down onto the monsters below it.

"Run, monsters!" Panik orders them. "Get out of the way!"

"It's no good," Yami Yugi and Yami Emiko said.

"The Chaos Shield is keeping them from running anywhere," the male Yami says.

"You've trapped them all inside," the female Yami adds.

His monster roars out, trying to claw out of the barrier. Soon the castle falls down completely over them making smoke everywhere on the field. Panik's life points of 494 went straight down to 0, leaving the Yamis standing at 300.

"He won!"

"And Panik's not taking it well."

"I'll say. Panik's having a panic attack."

"Nobody beats Panik. Nobody!" his head is bowed before looking back up to them. "Look at them, that smug little worms, still they mocks me! I may not have defeated you, Yugi, Emiko, but I can still eliminate you!" His gloved hand raises up high and slamming it down hard on the button, breaking it.

Similar metal rods grabs Yami Emiko's upper torso, trapping her. She tries to break free, but couldn't.

"Emiko!" Yami Yugi gasps, turning behind him, but he still couldn't move.

Flames came from everywhere! The Pharaoh summons the powers of the puzzle as the Queen summons the power of the Headpiece. Protecting them from the flames. Millennium symbols appear on their foreheads. The fire surrounds the whole dueling arena into a tornado and up into the air.

"You survived!" Panik said, speechlessly. "How can this be? It's impossible!"

"My Millennium Puzzle/Headpiece protects me from your cowardly assault," the two answers. "But nothing will protect you from….oblivion!" They ordered as Yami Yugi casts it.

It sends Panik to the Shadow Realm. Soon the fire dies down, but it's still trapping the two inside. Yami Yugi breaks out of the rods from his ankles and quickly forwards to Yami Emiko, who is still struggling. She watches with her eyes big and wide as he roughly removes the filthy rods of her gorgeous body. Once done, his purple eyes meet down to her blue eyes.

Yami Emiko stands up to his chin so her head is lifted up. His hands hold her hands in a lovely and protective way.

"Thank you so much," she smiles to him.

"You're very welcome," he smiles back.

She presses the side of her head against his chest with her hands and side of her body joining with her. He wraps his arms around her, bringing her closer as possible. They both have their eyes closed and smiles curling up big. Somehow deep down, this is what feels right to them.