~Sabrina~

A chill runs through my body. I open my eyes to find that I'm lying in a soft blanket of snow. What happened? Oh yeah, we're in the Virtual World again.

I get up onto my knees and pick up a handful of snow. My hand turns pink and then starts to hurt from the cold. Strange, it's almost as if the snow is real. I drop the snow back on the ground and look around; there's no one else here. "Ari, what should we do?" I ask.

"We should start looking for the others. No doubt we've all been separated to become easy prey for the Big Five." She says.

"Yeah, but where should we start looking?"

She looks around for a moment, "Try over there. I can sense someone not too far." She says pointing to my left.

"Okay."

I start walking off in that direction. The climate quickly changes and now I'm in a forest. Some parts of the grass are still covered in snow, but are in the process of melting. All this walking around aimlessly is starting to remind me of Battle City, just waiting for someone to show up.

The trees start to thin out and I notice a huge castle up ahead. It's pretty obvious there's no one I'm looking for inside it. The trees disappear and there's a beach up ahead. Wait; are those penguins on that beach? I take a few steps closer; those are penguins.

Why are there penguins in the Virtual World? I know Kaiba doesn't have the heart to put animals in here. I take a look back at the castle. It looks almost more like a temple from here, and has a large staircase leading up to it. What have I got to lose if I go inside? Then again, one of the Big Five could be there. "Ari, what now?" I ask.

She thinks this over for a moment, "I don't know. The Virtual World is probably loaded with traps. But then again, the castle could have a passageway to get to the gang. It's your call on this one." She says.

"Well, if there is a passageway to get to the gang, then we shouldn't pass this up. And if one of the Big Five gets in the way, I suppose we can try and avoid them. They can't make us duel can they?"

"They might be able to. They designed this world to their advantage, but I doubt they can control our freewill."

"Then I say let's go for it."

I walk up to the staircase. I look around and notice the hordes of penguins at the beach are watching me carefully. Just ignore them Sabrina, ignore them. I start walking up the staircase and finally reach the top of it.

No one is along the outside. I go and open the door and walk inside. It's dark, but I can see penguins standing in groups along the walls. What is with all the penguins!? "Um… anyone here?" I say.

"Of course. There are penguins all around you." A voice echoes off the walls.

"I know that. I meant is there anyone here that doesn't have feathers."

"Nope. There is no one but us penguins Sabrina Cafford."

"Okay, who are you?"

A penguin wearing a suit appears on a desk in the middle of the room, "But don't you know?"

"You're probably one of the Big Five. Only a fool like you guys would have that kind of form."

"You've done your numbers correctly. And the name is Crump, former accountant of Kaiba Corp. Now let's check the numbers. I'd say there's a 100% chance that we're going to duel."

"Why would I duel you?"

"Because you're going to give me the chance to leave this world with your body. And I can't contain my joy at the thought of living in a female body. I've lost my own body and have been trapped in this penguin form. And as much as I love penguins, I still would prefer a nice female body like yours."

How was this guy even hired by Kaiba Corp in the first place? He's a freaking pervert. "There's no way I'm dueling you. Have fun with your penguins." I say. I run out of there as fast as I possibly can. I make my way down the staircase, with the penguins still watching me.

I take another step and then the entire staircase collapses. I fall into a black void and then land on a platform made of ice. The ice is surrounded by water though. Another platform appears across from me with Crump standing on it. Can't anyone play fair anymore? "Sabrina, let me take over." Ari says.

"Okay."

~Ari~

"And my numbers are correct. We'll have to pick our virtual decks now. Pick the cards you want from the grid next to you." He says.

A small grid of cards appears next to me. I pick most of the cards that are in my original deck. "Now you must choose your Deck Master, it can be any monster in your deck." Crump says.

I begin to look through my monster cards. "Okay, I'll pick this; Divine Queen!" I say.

"My Deck Master is myself. I'm already in the form of the Nightmare Penguin."

"Fine, let's just get this over with. I'll take the first move."

I draw six cards. My hand contains; Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts, Kaiser Seahorse, Celtic Guardian, Magician's Valkria, Brain Control, and Michizure. "I set one card face-down and then summon Kaiser Seahorse in attack mode, that ends my turn." I say.

"I summon Giant Red Seasnake in attack mode. Then I activate Cold wave to prevent any Spell or Trap cards from being activated until my next turn. Red Seasnake, destroy her Kaiser Seahorse!"

Now I have 3700 Life Points. Ice then forms around my ankles, "What the-?"

"I forgot to mention. When one of us loses Life Points our bodies will become engulfed in ice. And when you lose, the ice will cover you completely."

I draw Crush Card Virus, "I set another card and set a monster."

"I'll have my Seasnake destroy your monster, and then set one card."

It was Celtic Guardian. I can activate spells and traps now too. I draw Dark Magician Girl, "First, I set one monster. Now I play Brain Control. I can now take control of your Seasnake and then have it attack you directly!"

Crump is down to 2000 Life Points. The ice forms halfway up Crump's feathery body, "Ha! I bet it's pretty cold over there." I say.

"No actually. Since I'm a penguin, I'm immune to the cold brought by the ice. Unfortunately, you have to still endure it. Now, Giant Red Seasnake, attack her set monster."

"Sure this destroys my Gazelle, but now I activate Michizure! When one of my monsters goes to the Grave, this card allows me to send one of your monsters there as well. So I choose your Seasnake."

I draw Queen's Knight, "I summon Magician's Valkria in attack mode! Your move."

"I play Flying Penguin in attack mode. Then I equip it with Penguin Sword, this raises its attack to 2200. Now attack her Magician!"

My Life Points drop to 3100. The ice goes to my knees now. My body starts shaking due to the cold. I draw Luster Dragon. I decide to set Queen's Knight and end my turn. Crump's Flying Penguin easily destroys it though.

I draw Kuriboh. Dang, this won't help. I decide just to set it. Flying Penguin destroys it. I don't know if I should put Divine Queen on the field though, Crump may have something that could destroy it easily. I draw Summoned Skull, "I set a monster and end my turn." I say.

"I'll have my Flying Penguin attack you again!"

I draw Dark Magician. I can't summon anything, and I don't have any spell or traps to save my Life Points. "I have to end my turn."

"Flying Penguin, attack her directly!"

I have 900 Life Points left. The ice reaches to the bottom of my neck. Thank goodness, that my arms are still free. "Looks like I have good numbers today. I'd say I have a 97% chance of winning this duel." Crump says.

"W-we'll s-see about that." I say as my teeth chatter.

I draw Heavy Storm. This could help me win! But the only monster I'll be able to summon is my Deck Master. Then again, he only has one face-down card. "I p-play Heavy S-storm to destroy every spell a-and trap on the f-field. Then I summon my D-deck Master; Divine Q-Queen to the field and have her attack your F-Flying P-Penguin!" I say.

Crump has 1750 Life Points left. "This doesn't concern me. I summon Penguin Torpedo in attack mode! This monster can attack you directly, so I think I'll have it do that."

I'm left with a mere 150 Life Points. The ice goes up to about my nose now. This isn't good. "And my Penguin's ability lets it get destroyed at the end of my turn, but no matter. You've already gone bankrupt!"

This will probably be my last turn. I better draw something good. I draw Pot of Greed, I decide to use it and draw 2 Meteor's of Destruction. Yes! I use both of them which brings Crump to zero Life Points. "No! How can this be! My numbers ensured my victory!" He yells.

Crump then disappears into thin air and then ice around me disappears. I fall onto my knees and try to gain back my warmth. But during that process, I think I passed out.

"Ari? Ari? Wake up."

A open my eyes to see Yami sitting there next to me, "Yami?" I say.

He kisses me then pulls me in for a hug, "I almost thought you lost that duel. Are you alright?" he says holding me closer.

"Y-yeah, just cold that's all. I'm glad you're here."

"I'm just glad I found you. Have you seen the others?"

"No. I was looking for you guys when I ran into Crump. But they have to be around here somewhere."

I shiver slightly. He looks at me again, "Are you sure you're alright?"

"I'm fine. Don't worry about me; we should just worry about the others."

He takes off his jacket and puts it on my shoulders, "Here."

"You sure? Won't you get cold?"

"Nah, I'll be fine. We better start searching for everyone else."

He helps me to my feet. I lean over to him and kiss him. The warmth from the kiss enters my body and I start feeling better almost immediately. I separate from him and gaze into his violet eyes, "Thank you." I whisper.

Hopefully that was an improved scene from the past Yami/Ari scenes in this season. I was also thinking of moving the rating up to 'T', but I'm not sure. I was originally going to have Sabrina face Lector, but my bro said the Lector/Kaiba duel was too important apparently. And if there was one meme to describe this fanfic it would say this; "Demote all the characters!", since I do that a lot for Sabrina's sake. And I think the title could have made a 'Frozen' reference.