~Sabrina~

It's like a void. The shadows spiral around me, but I can't move. To be more specific, it's like the moon. It has a light and a dark side. Something is pulling me to the light, but it's also dragging me back into the darkness. Why can't I move? The more I try to run, the more it seems like my body is made of lead.

I finally break free and start wandering. It's nothing but black. Nothing else. There's a light up ahead, so I decide to run to it. The more I run though, the smaller it gets. I take another step, and then I fall over into a hole. I yell for someone to save me, but no one comes.

I open my eyes again to find myself at school. Okay, this is a dream, I'm sure of it. I look up to see the gang looking at me, including Mai and Bakura. "Hey Sabrina, are you alright? You fell off your desk." Yugi says.

"Huh?" I say.

"Uh oh. She must be losing it. Maybe you fell harder than you though." Tea says.

"I'm fine. But why are we at school?"

"Don't you remember? We're trying to save you from the shadows." Yugi says.

"But, how?"

"Hey, it's your dream, you tell us!"

But how did I get here? Marik. He did this to me. The bell rings signaling that school is over for the day, "Come on Sabrina, get off the floor. We've got to be somewhere." Yugi says.

"Where?"

"The museum of course! Man, you must've really injured your head."

This dream doesn't make any sense. But then again, when do dreams ever make sense? I decide to follow the gang across town and into the museum. They lead me into the Egyptian Exhibit that we went to when we tried to look for answers about Yami and Ari. "Well, what do you want to look at?" Tea asks.

"But we've already been here before. Why are we here again?" I ask.

"Sabrina, dis is your mind. Anything can happen here. Now how about we go inta that secret basement Yug and you went into last time." Joey says.

I go to object, but Joey drags me by the arm into there. The stone tablet telling the battle of Yugi and Kaiba is still there. "Okay, what now?" I say.

"Something tells us that this battle is happening right now. We're waiting for something to happen." Tristan says.

But Yugi's right here. Why would this battle be happening inside my head? Unless, they're battling outside this messed-up dream. I look back over to the tablet. The carvings of Obelisk and Slifer glow, along with the ones of Kaiba and Yugi. What's going on? The floor below me collapses and I fall into it, as the others just watch me.

What's happening? Is this related to the battle between Yugi and Kaiba? I fall through a dark portal and then land floating above some kind of city. It looks completely destroyed though. I also notice that the city has some Egyptian qualities to it. The sky is dark and clouded, making the place look even more devastated.

I look over to see three statues. They're each shaped like each of the Egyptian Gods. But there's too much detail in them. People couldn't have built these, right? What is they are the Egyptian Gods? How did they turn to stone?

There's a Palace behind me, it seems the darkness is coming from there. A light then forms around me and it transports me inside. Below me, are two men standing across from each other. One looks like Yami and the other looks like Kaiba. If this is a duel between them, then why was I called here?

"Ha Ha Ha! Look at the almighty Pharaoh now! It seems your prosperous kingdom has crumpled under your feet, and is in the merciless grip of the Dark One." The Kaiba one says. "So how does it feel to be powerless?"

I notice that he has the Millennium Rod and the one that looks like Yami has the Puzzle around his neck. "How dare you speak that way in front of the Pharaoh! He has done nothing but lead his kingdom, and now you've betrayed him!" I notice a woman that looks like Ari is standing behind the Pharaoh. She mostly stands in the shadows so it's difficult to see.

Is that why I'm here? Because Ari was witnessing this battle centuries ago? "That's enough. Now, why have you chosen his side over mine?" the Pharaoh asks the Kaiba lookalike.

"That's where you're wrong Pharoah. My minions and I have no allegiance with the Dark One. But we don't have an allegiance with you either. I'm here to finish our battle and prove that no man can overpower the Millennium Rod."

"Even in my darkest hour, I shall defeat you!"

"Then let this duel begin Pharaoh! The moment I've been waiting for is here! My legacy will live on as 'he who defeated the Pharaoh'! Now time to call upon my most trusted creature!"

A tablet behind him rises and Blue-Eyes White Dragon appears. A tablet rises behind the Pharaoh and he calls forth the Dark Magician. This must be the battle Ishizu spoke of, the same one on that tablet. Before I get to see the battle though, the same portal sucks me back in and drops me in complete black again.

"That was an interesting battle." I look over to see Ari a few feet away from me.

"Huh? Ari, you saw that too?"

She nods, "I'm part of you, remember? But our connection is being limited."

"What do you mean?"

"We failed against Marik, so I took the price. Unfortunately, you were also affected."

"So, I'm in the Shadow Realm?"

"No. Your mind is drifting between the dark and light. I appeared to help you. I'm going to help you go back into the light."

"But what about you?"

"I'm not sure. My fate rests in someone else's hands. I'm only here to help you." Her forehead glows with the Eye of Wdjat on it and an opening of bright light appears behind me.

"Ari? Ari!" I say as it drags me in.

My eyes open with a start. I look around and notice the gang is standing by the window to my right and I'm attached to a bunch of monitors. I'm lying in a bed wearing just my jeans and white tank top. My black shirt is sitting on the table next to me. I reach up to my mouth and take the breathing mask off, which actually makes it easier to breath now.

I start to unplug all the monitors from my body, causing them to start beeping like crazy. The gang turns around, "Sabrina, you're awake!" Tea says.

"Where am I?" I ask.

"After the duel with Marik, we took you back to the blimp or jet now. You were out cold; I don't think you were even breathing."

I look to my left and notice Mai is lying in the bed next to mine, but she's still unconscious. "Well, I am now." I look at the table my black shirt is on, but I don't see the Pendant, "Where's the Pendant?"

They stop cold. Joey steps forward, "Well, after ya passed out, Marik grabbed it. He said it was da price for you losing." He says.

It's g-gone? Ari, that's what you meant when you said your fate, is in another's hands. Tears well up in my eyes and then I punch the table next to me, causing the vase on it to rattle then fall on the floor and break. "I-I've lost her." I say.

"Who? What are ya talkin about?" Joey asks.

"My other self. Ari. She lives inside the Pendant. And now Marik has her. Damn it!" I say as tears fall from my face.

They all just stand there and watch me cry. Tea sits on the bed, "Sabrina, it's alright. Yugi will get her back. We've just got to have faith." She says.

"Where is Yugi?"

"Dueling Kaiba."

I scoot over to the edge of the bed and begin to put my shoes on and my black shirt and start to wipe away my tears, "What are ya doing?" Joey asks.

"I want to watch his duel. I'm going to see if I can help him out somehow."

"You can't!" Tea says, "You just woke up! We've all been worried sick about you, and now you think you're perfectly fine?"

"I won't be until Ari comes back. But if I'm there to cheer Yugi on, then maybe he'll have more of a chance at beating him. I'll see you guys later." I run out of the room and head down the hallway. Two guys and a stretcher pass by me, which were probably called here to help me when I was still unconscious.

I head to the exit and then run over to the Duel Tower. I look up at the top to see a coliseum at the top. Does Kaiba really need to do that? I open the door to the tower and head for the elevator. I head inside and push the button for the roof.

It seems like this elevator is taking forever though. Once I finally reach the roof, the doors open and Yami and Kaiba's duel is still going on. Yami has Red-Eyes and Dark Paladin on the field while Kaiba is using his Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon to attack. "I've won!" Kaiba says.

"Not quite Kaiba, I still have one face-down card left. I've been destined to defeat you since the beginning, and this card will prove it; reveal De-Fusion!" Yami says. The Ultimate Dragon changes back into Kaiba's three Blue-Eyes.

"Now I play Diffusion Wave Motion! By giving up 1000 Life Points, my Dark Paladin can attack and destroy each of your Blue-Eyes at once! This duel is over Kaiba, Dark Paladin, attack!"

Kaiba's Life Points drop to zero and he loses. The coliseum disappears and the dueling field lowers. Yami turns around and looks at me, I walk up to him. "You're awake?" he says.

"Yes. That was a good duel." I say.

He nods and then looks sad for a moment, "Your miss her, don't you?" I ask.

"Yes. But now, I have more of a reason to beat Marik. He'll pay for all those he has hurt."

The swearing I put in there is like a one-time thing. I prefer not to swear, and I don't plan on adding any more in this fanfic. But for me, that one just kind of fit with it. It's still hard to belive that I'm almost at the end of Battle City, but Yugi vs Marik is going to probably be really long.