Seating had been determined. Yugi was East, Light was South, Akagi was West, and Iroh North. The world watched in silence as the table shuffled the tiles and built the walls. "I will now roll the dice to determine where to deal from!" Yugi announced. He rolled, and the hand began.

Yugi's tiles were as good as expected: a concealed pon of white dragons, a pair of east, 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9-pin, and 3 random tiles of other suits. He flipped the dora, to reveal 5-man as the dora, and dealt 3-sou. "I deal, 3-sou!" He announced.

3 go-arounds passed, and nothing eventful happened. Yugi dealt only the tiles he drew: his hand was not coming together just yet. Iroh sipped his tea, and Light leaned back in his chair, pretending he really wasn't Kira. A small, black booklet slipped out of his pocket.

Yugi stood up before his next draw. He reached for the tiles. Lightning bolts flared from the mah jong table as he drew his tile, holding the tile up over his head. "Heart of the tiles, I call on you!" he shouted. Yugi slammed the tile he drew horizontally across the top of his hand. Another 1-pin. Yugi slipped the 1-pin into his hand, and dealt the 5-man, dora.

"Mwahaha, Mwahahahah!" Came a laugh from Light. "Pon!"

Light revealed his two 5-man and took Yugi's tile. Dora 3. He dealt a 4-sou. Akagi drew his tile, and quietly discarded. Iroh did the same. Yugi drew the next tile, another 1-pin. Fire erupted around the stadium as he slammed the tile on top of his hand. He dealt the south wind.

"Pon!" came another call from Light. The tiles flew into the corner, and he discarded. Akagi drew, and discarded. Iroh drew his next tile, slid it into his hand, and tossed a 1-pin.

Lightning flashed again. Yugi did not take the tile, and instead, drew his next tile. As he touched the tile, a great wind blew through the arena. Yugi took a stance, and drew the tile forcefully. His instincts told him this was the tile he would need to turn the game around.

"Kan!" He called. "I now place two tiles face down, and reveal the white dragons!" Yugi cried, placing the two middle white dragons face down, and turning up his two white dragons. He flipped the next dora, another 4-man, indicating the 5-man. Light laughed maniacally. Dora 6.

Yugi drew his replacement tile: it was the third east wind. His hand now consisted of 4 white dragons, 3 east, 1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9. "I activate my magic card, Rinshan Kaihou!" Yugi yelled. A vivid display of lilies, blossoming on a snowy cliff enveloped the mah jong table. "I summon Hon Itsu, Chanta, Tsumo, Rinshan, and 3 Yakupai!" Yugi's tiles harmoniously fell to the table, revealed. "And now, my Rinshan Kaihou card will fuse the monsters I have just summoned together into an unstoppable monster! Baiman! Obliterate!"

The others silently gave Yugi 8,000 points in sticks. "Now I'll activate the field card, Bonus Round!" Yugi declared, placing a 100 point stick on the field. The players pushed their tiles into the center of the mah jong table, and a new set of walls rose up from the table. Yugi spun the dice again, and the tiles were dealt.

"That was quite impressive," chimed Iroh.

Akagi sat silently, with a smirk on his face.

"Yes, congratulations," Light said with a kind tone. I will crush you! He thought.

The round proceeded with Yugi standing. His tiles weren't coming together. "Riichi," Akagi declared, across the table. Yugi felt a dark aura about Akagi. He is playing with the forces of darkness! He has tapped into the Shadow Realm! Yugi thought.

Iroh drew his tile, and carefully discarded. Yugi drew. None of his discards were safe, and Akagi snickered. "Ron," he called, before Yugi discarded. "Riichi, Ippatsu, Pinfu, Dora 1. 7,700."

Yugi thought twice before discarding. He looked at Akagi's discard pile and couldn't decide what to discard. He discarded the 5-sou.

"That's the one," Akagi said, and revealed his tiles.

"How!" Yugi exclaimed. Akagi simply smiled knowingly.

"8,000 points from you, Yugi," Akagi said. Yugi gave him the point sticks.

"My Bonus Round field card has backfired! And now, it must go to the graveyard, as Light becomes dealer!"