Hello my fellow readers, writers, and people who want to kill me by dropping me down a pit and burying me under cement I'm back with another chapter. in this chapter we're going to be having a fun day where they have a relaxing day that will eventually turn into a disaster but I'm not putting any spoilers in the author's notes unless it's a very small spoiler.

Another thing is that while in a previous chapter I portrayed Midna Azusa's OC Haruko as a bad duelist over the month that they had been training Harry had also been helping her with a deck because of the fact that since her friends is a millennium item holder that would make her a prime target for Marik. I can't think of anything else to add right now but if I do by the time I'm done writing this chapter I'll put it in an author's note at the end of the chapter. so without further ado let's get this show on the road.

"Talking"

""Thought"

"Yelling"

Harry's P.O.V (one month later)

I was just laying on my bed thinking about how much everyone had progressed especially Syrus who had gone from having to stop after a direct attack while dueling in the shadow realm to being able to stay standing for almost a half duel. As I was trying to figure out how to treat all of the guardians since they had been working hard over the last month to master their items.

Just as I thought of the perfect way Alexis came out of the bathroom wearing nothing but a towel since she had just gotten done taking a shower and I said "how would you feel about a trip to the beach tomorrow." She said "that would be great but what about all the training that we have to do" and I said "since everyone including you have been working hard to control your items I have decided on a day off."

Alexis had just taken the towel out of her hair just as I had finished sending the message to the millennium item guardians and I said "we have an early day ahead of us tomorrow since we still have to go to the mainland to get some food for the storage here in our room." Soon after we fell asleep to the steady beat of each other's hearts."

Marik's P.O.V (outside Harry's room)

Just as I was about to head back to the dorm room for Chazz Princeton by hopping around the outside I heard the son of Kaiba making plans to go to the beach for all the millennium item holders and I thought "Well this will be the perfect opportunity to attack them one by one until I'm noticed at all and that way their numbers will be weakened for the final battle."

Harry's P.O.V (the next morning)

After waking up and taking a quick shower myself and Alexis got ready to head to the mainland and while most people would have to go by boat we wouldn't need such a thing. We grabbed hands and I teleported us there with the apparition that all wizards with and even some without their licenses used. As I looked where we ended up I noticed that we were in the center of town and I was silently grateful that no one spotted us teleporting there.

(2 hours later)

We went into a back alley and we grabbed hands again and I teleported us to the island back to our room and used magic to put everything where it belonged as myself and Alexis got ready for the beach party. As we were heading there walking for a change instead of teleporting I noticed that Haruko and Akiko were following us and I said "so I take if you're following so you know the exact spot."

Akiko said "of course the first part of being part of a party is actually knowing where it is" and I said "so true" and just as we were about there Haruko said "Oh darn I forgot something go on ahead of me and I'll catch up" and she ran off back toward the blue dorm. After getting most of the stuff set up the millennium necklace activated and when it stopped glowing Alexis said "Haruko's in danger."

Haruko's P.O.V (10 minutes earlier)

I was on my way to get the sun tan lotion that I had forgotten at the dorm room that me and Akiko shared and just as I was about to enter the door some sort of force pulled me back. The force pulled me through the forest and just as it stopped I noticed that I was in a clearing in the forest and I said "Hello is anyone there."

Just as I was about to leave when no one responded at first I heard a voice behind me say "I'm so happy you could join me my dear" and I turned around and I saw that it looked like that Chazz guy that Akiko was protecting her millennium ring from. I said "what do you want" and he said "I want you to be my bait for your friends however before you can become my bait I need to make sure that you would never stop me from defeating them so we will duel and you will lose and be banished to the shadow realm."

I activated the duel disk that I had with me in case anyone had been wanting to duel at the beach and inserted my deck as he did the same." he said "since you are going to be my victim I shall go first I summon alexandrite dragon in attack mode and I activate the spell card dragon's shrine which lets me send a dragon monster from my deck to the graveyard and if it's a normal monster I can send another one.

Now I set two cards facedown and end my turn" and I drew and said "I think I'll start with the same opening move as you I summon alexandrite dragon in attack mode and activate dragon shrine which you know what it does so that saves me time explaining it and I set two cards facedown and end my turn." He drew and said "I activate the spell card, card of sanctity which lets us both draw until we hold 6 cards in our hands.

Next I summon the dragon dwelling in the cave in attack mode and now I overlay my two level 4 monsters and build the overlay network and xyz summon number 82: heartlandrago in attack mode. Now I activate his effect by removing one overlay unit he can attack you directly this turn so heartlandrago attack her life points directly" and my life points dropped to 2000.

He said "I'll end my turn" and I drew and said "I activate the trap card compulsatory evacuation device which lets me select one monster on your field and send it back to your hand or in this case back to your extra deck." He said "I activate the trap card seven tools of the bandit which at the cost of 1000 life points your trap card is negated."

I said "you know that's funny because I also have seven tools of the bandit and I activate it which negates your seven tools of the bandit" and his heartlandrago went back to his extra deck and his life points dropped to 3000 while mine dropped to 1000. "now I activate the spell card mystical space typhoon which lets me destroy one spell or trap card on your field and I choose your facedown card.

Next I sacrifice my alexandrite dragon in order to summon summoned skull in attack mode. Now summon skull attack his life points directly" and his life points dropped to 500. "I place two cards facedown and end my turn." He drew and said "I activate the spell card block attack which switches your monster to defense mode.

Now I activate the spell card shield crush which lets me destroy one defense position monster you control and I choose your summoned skull. Now I activate the spell card dragon's mirror which at the cost of half my life points I can fusion summon with dragon monster in my graveyard by banishing them. So be gone alexandrite dragon, tri-horned dragon, the dragon dwelling in the cave, one-eyed shield dragon, and masked dragon.

Now I fusion summon the instrument of your destruction come forth five-headed dragon" and I looked up at his monster and I thought "oh shit I'm screwed." He said "ah looks like the audience is here to see your final moments" and I turned around and saw that Harry, Alexis, Akiko, Jaden, Syrus, and Bastion were there and I said "uh hey guys."

Akiko said "Marik why are you targeting Haruko" and he said "just to get you mad so that you think more recklessly which will result in you being defeated and banished to the shadow realm." Harry said "Marik leave her alone she has done nothing to you" and he said "this is just so much fun and now I'll finish her off five-headed dragon attack her life points directly and end this duel."

I said "I know I'm losing anyway but so it doesn't hurt as much I activate call of the haunted to bring back summoned skull in attack mode." Summoned skull was destroyed and my life points dropped to zero and he walked toward me. He held out the millennium rod that Akiko had told me about and said "now that you have lost my dear enjoy your trip to the shadow realm."

That was the last thing I remember before seeing a bright light and then being surrounded by darkness that stretched as far as the eye could see.

Harry's P.O.V

Just as Haruko's body fell motionless to the ground I ran over to her and looked up at Marik and said "you won't get away with this" and he said "oh and who is going to stop me it's not like you have the three Egyptian god cards." After saying that he started walking away and said without turning around "get your friend out of here so that when we duel again that you will lose and then the next millennium item will be mine."

Yet another chapter done the reason I decided to do this chapter was because since Haruko was Akiko's best friend I figure that was all that it would take to get her to act more recklessly in a duel against Marik. In fact the duel that will be proceeding this one in one of the next chapter will be much like in the original series where Joey wanted to face Marik to try to bring Mai back from the shadow realm.

Until next time this is Diamondholder signing off.