Author's Note: I promised double chapters and I delivered! Enjoy!

"Don't look there's faces looking back
An enemy I can't attack
I'm held hostage by these eyes
Familiar faces I deny
One face regret, the other pain
Two eyes in my past stare with shame
In my reflection I see fear
So I'm smashing through these mirrors!" -"Mirrors" by Aviators

"So tell me, gentlemen... What do you think of my newest soldiers? I'm sure there's no need for any introductions."

"That's not funny, Dartz." Said Yami.

"Maybe not to you."

The four knights stared at them blankly, their faces expressionless.

"That's enough!" Yami cried.

"Just drop the magic act and let's duel!" Said Kaiba.

"But we are dueling, you insensible twit! We're just doing it by my rules, that's all. Since I now control the souls of your former friends, I thought it would be fun to let them play along with us." Dartz smirked.

"Leave them alone!" Yelled Tèa.

"What did they do to you?!" Demanded Tristan.

"Hm. You should be thanking me." Said Dartz.

"And why is that?" Asked Yami.

"I'm giving you one last chance to see your companions, before their souls are gone forever."

"You'll never take them away from us, Dartz!"

"That's right, Pharaoh; let your anger consume you. Feel the darkness within you beginning to spread. The stronger your rage, the more powerful the Great Leviathan will be when it absorbs your soul. Now, where was I? Ah yes; Mirror Knight Yugi- it's time to attack your other half."

Yami tensed automatically. Yugi mechanically raised his sword, moving reluctantly.

"No, Yugi! Fight it! I know you can hear me!"

Yugi's arm shook, as though he was fighting to force it back down. His blank eyes moved to watch the sword. Yugi was mute, barely able to move, but was clearly fighting.

"What's this? My soldier is still loyal to you? How touching. Even though you turned your back on him he refuses to seek revenge. That will soon change."

"We'll see." Said Yami darkly.

"Let's move on. I lay a card facedown on the field. Let's see what you've got, Kaiba."

"My pleasure." He said, drawing a card.

I'm not gonna be intimidated just because he put a few familiar faces on his little soldiers. He thought.

"First, I'll play my "Pot of Greed" magic card; letting me draw twice. And then I'll activate my "Cost Down" card. It lowers the level of a monster in my hand, so I can summon it without a sacrifice. Now I call to the field my Different Dimension Dragon. And thanks to its special ability, my dragon can't be destroyed by any monster with less than nineteen hundred attack points! And don't forget, my Kaiser Glider can't be destroyed by your Knights either.

"Well? What're you waiting for?" Asked Dartz.

Kaiba pointed to Mai.

"Kaiser Glider! Attack knight number three!"

Mokuba took a step back.

"But that's Mai!" Said Tristan.

"Please, stop!" Mokuba whispered.

"Kaiba-" Yami began, but was cut off.

"Quiet! I'm not gonna let some mind trick stop me from winning this duel. That lunatic seized control of my company; and I'm prepared to do whatever I have to to get it back! Do I make myself clear?!"

Dartz looked at him, amused. "Hm."

"I'm begging you..."

"Please, Yugi; he's trying to stall us And I told you, it's not going to work on me.

Yami looked away, dejected. Kaiba had clearly made up his mind.

"Very well."

What are we supposed to do? He wondered. If we let Dartz win, then he'll capture us, and the whole planet will suffer; but if we fight back, our friends will be lost forever.

Despairing, he looked from Pegasus, to Mai, to Joey, to Yugi.

"So you've got a dweeb army- am I supposed to be scared to attack?" Asked Kaiba, smiling.

Dartz shrugged. "Well, Only if destroying an innocent soul concerns you."

"Nah. As the president of a major corporation, I have to do that every day. Now, Kaiser Glider! Continue your attack on his mirror knight!"

Kaiser Glider let loose a black-crackling sphere of gold light, at the Mai knight.

"Oh no! Mai!" Cried Tèa.

She took the blast on her shield, and it shattered.

"There goes her mirror shield." Said Mokuba.

"That means one more attack and she's gone!" Said Tèa.

"Different Dimension Dragon, attack her again!"

Different Dimension Dragon started gathering multicolored sparks in its mouth, ready to attack.

"Kaiba, stop!" Begged Yami.

Different Dimension Dragon's sparks coalesced into a bright opalescent stream, and it headed straight for the Mai knight. She faced it down expressionlessly as Yami looked on helplessly.

"Oh no..."

She disappeared in the multicolored light.

"Hey, look!" Shouted Tèa.

Yami reacted with surprise. Joey stood in front of Mai, his shield blackened from the attack; it shattered from his arm.

"Joey saved her!" Said Yami, shocked

"I don't believe it!" Said Tristan in disbelief.

"Now he lost his shield!" Said Tèa, frightened.

"Mai's all right- thanks to Joey." Yami said in Relief.

"Yes, and by sacrificing his own shield to protect Mai, Joseph Wheeler just ruined your attack."

"Figures Wheeler'd mess things up. I'll place one card facedown and end my turn!"

"Back to me." Said the Pharaoh.

"Yugi- you know what you have to do for us to win! Crush Wheeler and Mai!"

No... I can't endanger them. Thought Yami.

"Come on! Neither one of them has a shield, now, attack!"

Yami stared at his card, then into Joey's blank eyes.

In a warehouse somewhere in Domino City, a fire was raging.

"We'll save ya, Yug!"

Joey pulled with all his might, straining to free Yugi and the Millennium Puzzle.

In the deep water near Domino Pier, Yugi and Joey were both being dragged down by chains. Joey swam to Yugi, holding his breath, and unlocks the manacle around Yugi's ankle, letting him drift back to the surface while Joey gets pulled deeper down.

Yami turned next to Mai.

In the castle arena at Duelist Kingdom, the Duelist Kingdom Playoff match between Yugi and Mai had just ended.

"You fought with honor, Yugi. Nice duel!" She said. Yami gave her a thumbs-up.

It was during the Battle City Finals. Mai was bound helplessly to a stone tablet, Joey struggling to free her, as a huge fireball threatened to engulf them both. At the last second, Yami jumped up on the platform, back to the fireball, arms spread, making himself a wall between his friends and the Egyptian Gods' irascible fury.

"Enough!" He cried. "No evil shall penetrate me!"

Joey and Mai looked up from being ready to get hit, alarmed.

"Yugi!" They chorused.

Pegasus' one eye was blank and empty as he stared at him.

At Industrial Illusions Headquarters, Yami found a holographic message left for him by Pegasus.

"If his plan works, Dartz will have succeeded in unleashing a truly devastating power. You're our only hope, Yugi-boy! You're the only one who could possibly help me in my hour of need."

Even Yugi stood still and stony, his wide eyes devoid of life.

"I won't let this happen to you!"

At the last second, Yugi appeared behind Yami and shoved him out of the green light of the Seal of Orichalcos. Yami turned, surprise in his red-glinting eyes, the Seal burning on his forehead.

"Yugi! No!"

Yugi gazed back at him, absolving and selfless.

"I'm letting the Seal take me, instead."

The green column of light rushed into the roiling heavens.

I refuse to put my friends in harm's way! He thought.

His fist was starting to bend the cards in his hand.

"All right, Dartz... I have no choice but to end my turn." He said solemnly.

A/N: My favorite line of the whole series is in this chapter! Can you guess what it is? I'll let you know in the next chapter :)