~Ari~

I've been walking around for a while now, but I haven't seen any Rare Hunters come around yet. Nor have I seen any duelist that want to challenge me. "Sabrina, what now?" I ask her.

"I'm not sure Ari. I'm surprised we haven't seen any Rare Hunters. You'd think Marik would go after us since we're important to Yugi." She says.

"Yeah, but personally, I guess I don't care if they're hunting us or not. But wait, what if they went after Yugi?"

"Maybe. But I wouldn't worry right now; Yugi can handle himself out there. For now, let's just try to get more Locator Cards."

"Right. But who should we challenge?"

"Anyone. Just keep walking around until someone challenges us."

I'm practically walking all over the place, still not sure of who to challenge. I reach a park and sit down on a bench for a moment. I look around, but the park doesn't seem very crowded at all. "Well is it isn't the person Master Marik was looking for." A man says.

I look up to see a tall hooded man with a Duel Disk at the ready. "It's about time a Rare Hunter came around." I say standing up.

"Yes, but I'm afraid most of us have been sent to get ahold of Yugi Muto."

"What have you done with him?"

"Nothing yet. He's currently dueling another one of us. I have orders to take you out, so let's make this quick."

"Fine by me. The sooner you're defeated, the sooner we can look for Yugi."

Both of the Duel Disks shoot out the Holo Imagers and transform into the dueling position. "I'll take the first move." I say. I draw six cards, in my hand is; Monster Reborn, Magic Cylinder, Mystical Elf, Heavy Storm, Dark Hole, and Feral Imp. "I play one card face-down and place a monster in defense mode. That will end my turn." I say

The Rare Hunter draws, "I'll also play a card face-down and then I'll summon my Dragon Zombie and equip him with the Black Pendant to increase his power to 2100! Now, attack!" he says

"Not so fast. You activated my Magic Cylinder, which will redirect the attack on your Life Points." I say. Now his Life Points drop to 1900 in an instant. I draw Nutrient Z. "I'll play the Heavy Storm magic card to destroy your face-down card and Black Pendant! And then I'll play another monster in defense mode." His face-down was Call of the Haunted.

"But due to my Black Pendant, when it's destroyed you lose 500 Life Points." Now I have 3500 Life Points. "Dragon Zombie, attack!"

I flip Mystical Elf face-up, showing that she has higher defense than his attack power. Now the Rare Hunter is at 1500 Life Points. The Rare Hunter draws, "I then play Graverobber to bring my Black Pendant to my hand. And then I'll activate it to increase Dragon Zombie back to 2100. Now, attack!"

I draw Fairy Witch. Darn, none of my monsters can beat 2100. And even if they could, I'd probably have to sacrifice first. I scan over my hand until my eyes come to Dark Hole. I could use this to destroy Dragon Zombie and then attack him directly. "First, I'll play Dark Hole to destroy Dragon Zombie. Destroying Black Pendant with it will cost me 500 Life Points, but that's a small price to pay. Then I play Fairy Witch in attack mode and have her attack your directly!" I say. My Life Points are at 3000, when his are at 700. I also set Nutrient Z.

"I'll play Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy that face-down of yours first. Then I'll play Magical Ghost to destroy that Fairy Witch of yours." He says. My Life Points drop to 2500 now.

I draw De-Fusion. "I'll play Feral Imp in attack mode and have him attack Magical Ghost to destroy them both." Luckily, no one loses any Life Points.

The Rare Hunter draws. I can see a slight smirk from behind his cloak. "Time to introduce the rarest and most powerful card in my deck! I summon the Dark Elf, with a power of 2000 attack points! Now, attack!" he says. My Life Points drop right to 500.

I end up drawing Magician's Valkyria. She won't be able to defeat the Dark Elf, but at least I can defend with her. "I set one monster and end my turn." I say.

The Rare Hunter sends Dark Elf to destroy Valkyria, which destroys it. I draw Pot of Greed and play it. Come on, give me a good card. I end up drawing Summoned Skull and Meteor of Destruction. Meteor of Destruction! That's perfect. "It's time to end this duel Rare Hunter, because I play Meteor of Destruction. Now this will hit your Life Points with 1000 Points of damage!" I say.

"No! How could I have lost! Forgive me Master!" he yells. He falls to his knees in shame.

I walk up to him, "Alright, time to give up your rarest card and Locator Card." I say.

His body stiffens up, and then flails his arms around and starts yelling. Marik must be involved. The Eye of Wdjat then appears on his forehead. Yep, Marik is here. "What do you want Marik?" I ask.

"I'm just here to congratulate you, that's all. I'm surprised my Rare Hunter was beaten so easily. But then again, you are the Pharaoh's Queen." He says in his demonic voice.

"Yeah, I get that part. Now, what have you done with Yami?" I ask.

"I'm afraid he's also dealing with some Rare Hunters. I believe he's trying to search for you, but that will make both of you easy prey."

"Where is he?"

"He's not hurt if that's what you're wondering. The Pharaoh is holding his own quite well. But, I'm afraid he might take a visit to the Shadow Realm very soon."

"Tell me where he is!"

"That part will remain a secret. But, we'll meet again soon, Queen." The Rare Hunter then falls over. I reach down and grab his Locator Card and Dark Elf. "Sabrina, do you think Yugi's okay?" I ask her.

"I bet he is. Marik must be just trying to worry us. But just in case, we should keep an eye out for Yugi." She says.

"Alright, I guess you're right."

I made a small reference to Yugi facing Arkana, since that duel takes place during this chapter. Next chapter could come out tonight, but maybe it won't.