~Ari~

Yami and Kaiba get their Duel Disks at the ready and are ready to start the duel against Dartz. "I'll go first!" Kaiba says, "I play White Dragon Ritual! Now I can sacrifice Vorse Raider from my hand to summon Paladin of White Dragon! But the best part is when I get to sacrifice my Paladin in order to summon my Blue-Eyes White Dragon!"

"Great work Kaiba." Yami says, "My move! I activate Black Luster Ritual, allowing me to sacrifice Valkyrion the Magna Warrior from my hand to summon Black Luster Soldier! And then I'll place one card face-down and end my turn."

"Those monsters won't do a thing." Dartz says, "But this card may, the one that forms from pure darkness; the Seal of Orichalcos!" that was a pretty predictable move. "Now rise, Orichallcos Gigas! And by dropping my Life Points to 3500, I may summon my Orichalcos Kyutora! That will do for now."

"Then allow me to take over." Kaiba says, "I play Polymerization! Now I can fuse the two Blue-Eyes from my hand with the one on the field to form my Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon!"

"Yes," Yami says, "now I'll activate my own Polymerization to fuse Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon with Black Luster Soldier to form Master of Dragon Soldier! Now I reveal Meteorain, so I can inflict piercing damage to your Life Points! Master of Dragon Soldier, attack Orichalcos Gigas!"

Dartz doesn't look fazed. The piercing damage will be enough to make him lose the duel, but he doesn't seem to mind. Gigas is destroyed, but Dartz' Life Points don't move at all, "I'm afraid you did your math wrong. You forgot to take Kyutora's effect into consideration, which makes sure that I don't lose any Life Points." Dartz says, "Now Orichalcos Gigas, return to me!"

Gigas now returns with 500 extra attack points. It's now Dartz' turn, "Now gentlemen, how about we get this duel moving again?" he says, "So I'll activate Orichalcos Deuteros!" a second ring forms around the Seal of Orichalcos, "The benefits to this upgrade allows me to gain 500 Life Points for each monster I have on the field and I have two, so now my Life Points are up to 4500! Now Gigas, attack Master of Dragon Soldier! Kyutora, absorb the damage! Now Gigas will return with even more attack points."

That must be Dartz' plan. He's just going to keep attacking until Gigas has enough power to destroy Master of Dragon Soldier. "My move," Kaiba says, "so I place one card face-down. Now I'll summon Blade Knight in attack mode! And since I only have one card in my hand, it gains an extra 400 attack points."

"Alright, my move!" Yami says.

"Hold on Yugi, I sacrifice Blade Knight so I can play my Reflect Energy card! Now Master of Dragon Soldier is able to attack directly this turn."

"Dragon Soldier! Attack now!"

"Nice try gentlemen," Dartz says, "but you've failed once again. Orichalcos Deuteros allows me to tribute Gigas so I may destroy your Dragon Soldier, so your attack automatically fails."

"Activate De-Fusion! Now our Dragon Soldier will be split up into Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon and Black Luster Soldier, thus canceling your attack!"

"I'll play Orichalcos Mirror, so that I can tribute Timeater from my hand to summon Mirror Knight Calling! Now I can summon four Mirror Knights to my side of the field. And with this many monsters, Orichalcos Deuteros, brings me up to 7500 Life Points. And now my Knights will gain the same attack points as their target, so all of you, attack!"

Two of the Knights destroy Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon and Black Luster Soldier, while the other two attack Yami and Kaiba's Life Points. Both of them are at 3500. "Fine, it's my turn now." Kaiba says, "I activate Card of Demise so I can draw until I have five cards in my hand, but I must discard my entire hand in five turns. Now I activate Silent Doom so I can return Blade Knight back to the field! And then I'll sacrifice him to summon Kaiser Glider! And last, I'll play one card face-down."

Kaiser Glider's effect allows it not to be destroyed by a monster with the same attack points as it, so the Mirror Knights won't work against it. "My move!" Yami says, "I'll place one card face-down and then summon Big Shield Gardna in defense mode. That's all."

"Now then," Dartz says, "I believe it's time for my Life Points to go up to 10500 from the Orichalcos."

"Hold on!" Kaiba says, "Your Mirror Knights are only safe if your Mirror Knight Calling is on the field, so I activate Ring of Destruction to destroy it!"

Dartz is down to 10000 Life Points, while Kaiba is at 3000 from Ring of Destruction. The helmets on all of the Mirror Knights begin to crack and they fall to the floor. I'm almost about to fall over myself due to the sight of the Knights. All four have the faces of Yugi, Joey, Mai, and Pegasus. "Dartz, leave them out of this!" I say.

"I don't think so; they've been a part of this game ever since their souls were taken. Now if you destroy my Knights, then you'll be killing your friends. Choose well." Dartz says.

What are they going to do now? We can't risk any of their souls. "Dartz, this isn't fair!" Yami says.

"I do suppose not, but when is anything in life ever fair? Nothing. Now where was I? Oh, yes, Mirror Knight Yugi, attack the Pharaoh now."

Yugi goes to raise his sword, but struggles to do so. His hands keep shaking, but he refuses to attack, "What's this? My Mirror Knight refuses to seek revenge? Oh well, that'll change. I'll play a card face-down and end my turn." Dartz says.

"My move." Kaiba says, "First, I play Pot of Greed. Then I'll activate Cost Down, which will lower the level of all monsters in my hand. Now I'll summon Different Dimension Dragon and it can't be destroyed by any monster with 1900 or more attack points. Kaiser Glider, attack the third Knight!"

That's Mai he's going to attack. "Kaiba-!" Yami says.

"Quiet! I'm here to gain back Kaiba Corp. and no cheap hologram is going to change that. So stay out of my way. Kaiser Glider, attack!"

Kaiser Glider attacks and destroys Mai's shield, so one more attack will destroy her. Kaiba then sends Different Dimension Dragon to finish her off. I try not to look at her being destroyed, but I can't help it. Joey then steps in front of her and loses his shield. "Hmph, how noble of Wheeler." Kaiba says, "I'll set one card face-down and end my turn. Yugi, you know what you have to do to win this duel, destroy your geek squad."

Yami draws, "I-I'll have to end my turn." He says.

Kaiba looks like he wants to punch Yami, while Dartz just grins. I'm glad he didn't attack them, but Dartz also has to be defeated somehow. Dartz draws and his Life Points rise up to 12500, "What a pathetic choice. I activate Twin Bow Centaur, now I can choose one monster on your side of the field and one of mine and it will choose one to destroy. So I think I'll choose Kaiser Glider and young Mister Joseph. Now, who will the Centaur attack?" he says. "Oh, and I believe it's chosen Kaiser Glider. Unfortunately, I'll have to end my turn."

Kaiba is down to 600. "Well, I guess it's time for me to finish the job my partner can't." Kaiba says, "Different Dimension Dragon, destroy Wheeler now!"

Oh no. Yugi then steps in front of Joey and loses his shield. Now Pegasus is the only one who's protected. Yami draws, "Alright, I play Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy Twin Bow Centaur! I'll end my turn." He says.

"Oh well," Dartz says, "I'll summon Orichalcos Malevolence, and now my Life Points will rise to 15500. Now, Malevolence destroy Different Dimension Dragon!"

"Activate trap; Attack Guidance Barrier! Now I can redirect the attack to Big Shield Gardna and give it 600 more defense points!"

"Yes, but my Kyutora will absorb all the damage I would've taken. But now your Gardna is switched into attack mode and my turn is forced to end."

"I'll switch Different Dimension Dragon into defense mode and then set two cards face-down. That ends my turn." Kaiba says, "Yugi, you know what you have to do."

I look at the Mirror Knight and then see that Yugi is shaking slightly, "Y-you have to attack!" he says, "W-we'll be fine… if you don't attack, then you'll lose. There are too many people at stake."

"But Yugi, you'll all die if I attack." Yami says.

I don't want them to lose their souls, but Yugi's right; there are too many people at stake, "I'll switch Big Shield Gardna into defense mode and set two cards face-down. I-I'll end my turn."

I can hear a loud noise coming from the hallway. I look over to see a motorcycle jump out of the hallway and park. Rafael then gets off of it. But, didn't he, like, die? How did he survive? Dartz glares at him, "You don't look very happy to see me Dartz." Rafael says.

"What are you doing here?" Dartz asks.

"I'm here to help the Pharaoh. He's the one who helped me escape the Seal with my soul. I'm here to make sure you set everyone else's souls free."

"You really are gullible, Rafael. Do you really think the darkness inside of you is gone? The Pharaoh just tricked you like you think I did. Just look around, every one of these souls, like all humans, posses' darkness within them. It can never be destroyed."

"I've been remind of trust and loyalty, which I was like before you came along! Now stop poisoning my head!"

"I'm merely expanding your mind. You're a human, making you filled with darkness. I'm not different, except that I've been chosen to wield such a power. A power that would help me rebuild civilization, but my task required four souls full of anger and a reason to hate this world to complete it. But I did have to make some fixtures to all of your lives."

"What do you mean?"

"Should I spell it out? Let's start with Alister; his family was killed by the armies of Gozaburo Kaiba. But what he didn't know was that Mister Kaiba didn't do anything, I did it all. Then there's Valon; he grew up in a detention center thanks to me. Then poor Lucas' parents were killed by myself. It just happened that Miss Sabrina lived nearby. And you, Rafael, remember that cruise ship? I suppose you can guess what happened there."

"N-no. It's all your fault. Y-you- YOU RUINED MY LIFE!"

The Seal of Orichalcos then forms around Rafael, but he never played it. Guardian Eatos also appears. "Ah yes, the Orichalcos has awakened within him." Dartz says. "Now his soul belongs to me!

Rafael yells in anger and then falls over. I look up to the wall of souls to see Rafael is now up there. Dartz draws, "Now it's time to experience the third level of darkness; Orichalcos Tritos!" a third ring forms around the Seal of Orichalcos and Dartz' Life Points rise to 18500 from the second layer. "Now, Orichalcos Malevolence use your ability to switch Different Dimension Dragon into attack mode. Now wipe out his Life Points!"

"Wrong! I activate my Shrink card!" Kaiba says.

"I believe you've misunderstood. Orichalcos Tritos makes all of your magic and traps useless against me. So, as I was saying, Orichalcos Malevolence attack!"

"Activate trap; Ambush Shield!" Yami says, "I'll sacrifice Big Shield Gardna so Different Dimension Dragon gains enough attack points to overpower Malevolence."

"Kyutora will absorb all the damage!" Dartz says. "And Pharaoh is Kaiba really that important to you? You've just given up your only defense, so now, Mirror Knights, attack him directly!"

Yugi, Joey, and Mai attack him, while Pegasus goes for the final attack. Pegasus goes to attack and stops for a moment and then continues with the attack. Yami is now down to 1500 Life Points. Dartz sets a card and then ends his turn. "My move!" Kaiba says, "So says hello to this; the Fang of Critias! Now I'll reveal Yugi's trap; Mirror Force! Now I can fuse his trap and my dragon together to form my Mirror Force Dragon! Mirror Force Dragon, attack the Pegasus Knight!" Pegasus' shield is destroyed, but he's not destroyed, "And now my dragon will absorb the blast reflected back and will blast away every one of your monsters!"

"Don't do it!" Yami says.

"Save it, I'm not as gullible as the rest of you! These are obviously holograms with familiar faces on them. Mirror Force Dragon, destroy them all!"

I'm not sure if their souls will survive. It's a really unpredictable move. I look at all of the Mirror Knights to see them smiling at Kaiba. Are they happy that they're winning? We watch as all four of them are destroyed, including Dartz' Kyutora. I can still sense their souls though. I look up at the wall of souls to see them still up there. Their still under the control of Dartz, but at least they're okay.

"But even though my Kyutora was destroyed, it allows me to summon my Orichalcos Shunoros, Dexia, and Aristeros!" Dartz says, "Shunoros has the same amount of attack points as all of the damage Kyutora absorbed, so that adds up to 20000! Dexia, has 300 more attack points than any monster it battles, and Aristeros will redirect every attack back at you with an additional 300 points! Now I'll activate the trap Martyr Curse! This forces Mirror Force Dragon and Shunoros to do battle with each other and cancels any special abilities. Now I believe you know what will happen next."

Kaiba will lose. Kaiba's Life Points drop to 0 and he's on the verge of falling over. "A-activate trap." He says, "Wish of Final Effort will raise Yugi's L-Life Points to 4300. D-don't screw this up, I've fought too h-hard."

Kaiba falls over, but Yami catches him, "Kaiba? Kaiba!" he says.

Mokuba runs up to the Seal, but is cut off by the barrier, "Seto! Seto! Get up!" he says.

I pull Mokuba back, "It's too late. He's already been taken." I say. I look up at the wall to see him added on there.

Dartz raises one of his fingers, "Hm, tell you what. Since I already have his soul, I'll let you keep the body." He says. Kaiba's body begins to float in the air, and then flies backward out of the Seal.

Mokuba runs up to him, "Please Seto, open your eyes!" he sobs.

The temple begins to shake and small rocks fall from the ceiling, "Do you hear that? Thanks to Mister Kaiba's offering, the Great Leviathan will soon rise once more!" Dartz says.

"Give me back my brother before I force you too!" Mokuba yells.

"SILENCE!" a white eye forms behind Dartz and then sends a blast toward us. Tea, Tristan, Mokuba and I fall over. I feel something leave me, but I don't know what. "Sabrina? Are you there?" I say.

There's no answer and I don't feel her presence. No. Dartz couldn't have taken her. But then, why am I still here? I look up to see everyone else is unconscious, "Are you guys alright?!" Yami yells.

"N-no. Sabrina, everyone's, souls are gone." I say.

I have to be strong right now though. Yami needs me here and I can't mourn Sabrina or the others right now. "Not to worry though, both of your souls will be captured soon enough." Dartz says, "But, before your demise, I think I'd be best you know that the three of us have actually met before, 5000 years ago in fact. I never thought the Great Leviathan would come back until I met the Pharaoh though. Allow me to show you."

A bright light appears behind him and then I look down to see us floating above a city. "Welcome to the Palace of the Pharaoh!" Dartz says.

There's a vision below of Slifer the Sky Dragon chasing something, along with Yami on horseback. Could this really have happened in the past? I don't see a Egyptian version of myself, but that's beside the point. "Once I had seen the power of the Shadow Games, I knew I could resurrect the Great Leviathan." Dartz says, "I just required both of your life energy, but then wasn't the right time to collect, so I waited."

"But why didn't you confront us?" Yami says.

"There was another man already wreaking havoc on earth, and he would've gotten in my way. But after 5000 long years, a little boy and girl unlocked the Shadow Games once again, so I knew the time was right. The Shadow Games are an evil force and the Pharaoh used these powers for his own selfish desires!"

"You're lying!" I say, "Yami isn't evil or selfish!"

"The way you defend him makes you just as evil. You two summoned these monsters for selfish purposes and destroyed Egypt! I saw the entire thing!"

We're then returned to the temple. Shunoros' attack points drop to 17200 because of its effect. How will Yami win alone? I doubt that Dartz will let me take over, so he's got to do everything himself.

~Sabrina~

I open my eyes to find myself sitting in a small bubble. I know that Dartz took control of my soul, but I don't remember how. I then see multiple bubbles floating around, all containing people. They all float toward one point, which I see the giant eye of the Great Leviathan absorbing each one. "What kind of freaky dream is this!?" someone yells.

I look over to see Joey having a spazz attack, "Joey?" I say.

He looks over at me, "Ah great, now I'm seeing people."

"Are you alright? Where are we?"

"Eh, I'm fine. And it beats me where we are."

"Guys? Is that you?" I look above me to see Yugi perfectly fine in his own bubble.

"Yugi! We've been worried sick about you!" I say.

"Yeah, well, I'm fine. And my guess is that we're being fed to the Great Leviathan."

"What was your first clue?"

"Pegasus?"

"The one and only. And we could get out of this mess only if the Pharaoh is able to defeat Dartz."

"Yeah, but, how is he gonna do that? Rich Boy is over here and he's all alone." Joey says.

"Not completely. Ari is still there helping him out." I say, "Besides, we're with him in spirit."

"But he can't beat him alone!"

"Wrong." Pegasus says, "The card I gave him should help. If he can draw it, then he'll win."

"Seriously?"

"What is the card?" I ask.

"During one of my journeys to Egypt, while I was working on Duel Monsters, I was researching the Shadow Games and the mystical creatures used with it. While I was working, I discovered carvings of four beasts that guarded another realm where the monsters lived; their names were Timaeus, Hermos, Critias, and Ion. But these beasts were created with a dark secret, a secret that I created a card to unlock it."

"What's the secret?" Yugi says.

"There was no evidence of those dragons ever existing. I spent endless months trying to find the answer why, but nothing came up. It soon dawned on me; what if these dragons weren't dragons, but humans?"

"But how is that possible?" I say.

"During the battle of Atlantis, Dartz was able to transform four knights into dragons to weaken their powers. And if the Pharaoh can return them to that form, then his victory will be sealed."

~Ari~

"I activate Pot of Greed!" Yami says, "Now I summon Obnoxious Celtic Guardian in defense mode! Then I'll place one card face-down and end my turn."

Dartz' Life Points go up to 20000 now, "Dexia, destroy his Celtic Guardian!"

"Activate Soul Shield! Now I can drop my Life Points to 2150 in order to negate the destruction of my monster."Shunoros' effect drops its attack to 15700.

"Well, what was the point in that? Your friends are gone and you're losing? You're wasting your time." Dartz says.

"Don't listen to him, Yami!" I say, "You're not alone, I'm still here."

"But wouldn't you prefer to stay by your friends as they're being offered to the Great Beast? Your true destiny is to do so." Dartz says.

"I'm still here Yami! You're not going to be alone!" I say.

"Yes, but for how long?" Yami says, "There's nothing else I can do. I must surrender my soul."

"You'll be surrendering mine too!"

"I don't want to see that happen, but at least we'll be with our friends." Yami places his hand over his Duel Disk, meaning surrender.

"You coward!"

"I-I must."

The Seal of Orichalcos shrinks as it goes to take his soul. I can feel tears welling up inside me, but mostly out of anger. The Seal forms around him and it's about to take his soul. How could he do this? A golden light then comes from the Millennium Puzzle and then circles him and returns the Seal to its normal size. "What!? You should have lost the duel!" Dartz says.

"You've forced me to look deep within myself, hoping to only find darkness, but instead, I've found light. I'm sorry Ari, you were right."

I smile now that he's come to his senses, "Just finish him." I say.

He nods and then draws his next card, "I've drawn the secret to the Legendary Dragons; the Legend of Heart!"

My deck begins to glow and I draw the Wing of Ion from it. I begin to stop thinking for a moment and end up throwing it to Yami. Somehow, it goes through the Orichalcos. "Now I can give up 1000 Life Points and remove Obnoxious Celtic Guardian from the field to summon the four Legendary Knights!" Yami says.

All four dragons appear on the field and then glow and transform into knights. Timeaus wears green armor with white accents and has a slash across his right eye. Hermos wears red armor with purple accents. Critias wears blue armor with silver accents. While Ion wears silver armor with violet accents and has a slash across the back. All of them have black capes and draw their swords, "In the name of Atlantis, we have been reborn!" they say.

"Impossible! I thought I took care of you all!"

All four of them use their swords and aim for the Orichalcos, destroying the Seal, "Your dark magic is powerless against us!" Timeaus says.

"Now my Knights, attack Aristeros!" Yami says.

Aristeros still isn't destroyed via its effect and Shunoros' attack power drops to 5900, while Yami's Life Points drop to 250 due to Aristeros being stronger. Dartz draws, "Shunoros, attack Critias now!" he says.

"Wrong! Using Critias' special ability, I can use the Mirror Force in my Graveyard and activate it now!"

Dartz' Life Points drop to 14100 and all of his monsters are destroyed, "Bravo Pharaoh, but did I forget to mention that Shunoros has a special ability as well? It allows me to summon my Divine Serpent Geh! And now I give up every one of my Life Points and discard every card in my hand."

"But that means you lose."

"Not quite. As long as Divine Serpent Geh is on the field, I won't lose. Once its destroyed, I lose. But that won't happen because it has infinite attack strength!"

"I place one card face-down and end my turn."

"Very well, first I'll discard ten cards from my deck so my serpent can attack. Now, attack Timaeus!"

Timaeus is blasted away and Yami's Life Points drop to 0. Oh no. What now? "Now your soul is mine!" Dartz says.

"Not so fast! Activate Relay Soul! Now I can stay in the game by playing Dark Magician Girl from my hand and once she's destroyed, I lose."

"Not matter, I activate Impact Revive! Now I can summon Timaeus back to your side of the field."

"But why?"

"With Impact Revive, I can attack once again. I'll send ten cards from my deck to the Graveyard. Divine Serpent Geh, destroy Dark Magician Girl!"

"Hermos, use your special ability to absorb the power of my Obnoxius Celtic Guardian in my Graveyard and block the attack! Now Critias, attack his Divine Serpent!"

"How pathetic. Your monsters will be destroyed the moment they touch my beast."

"Are you sure? Critias, absorb the power of Attack Guidance Barrier, and transfer your attack to Hermos! And now Hermos will activate his special ability, by removing my three Magnet Warriors from my deck he get triple the attack points and send the attack right back! Now their strength will transfer back and forth until it reaches infinity!"

"Impossible!"

"Now I'll fuse together Legendary Knight Ion and Dark Magician Girl to form Mythical Knight Ion! Then I'll fuse together my remaining Knights to form the Knight of Destiny! Now my Knights, wipe out his Divine Serpent!"

"I-it can't be! I will not lose!"

Long wait, I know, but I went up north, then school started today and I'm rushing to get this done. I plan to finish this season by Thursday, but I'm not sure how that will go. I just hope it's not too long of a wait. I made up the mythical knight thing just because I thought Ion deserved to do something, kind of sloppy, I know. And oh god I just realized how long this was.