"Hey Yugi, what card do you think Ishizu is planning on bringing back?" Joey asked.

"Well, the only way to know is to watch." Yugi said. Although I am curious, with all the cards he sent to his graveyard, what card could he have discarded, he thought.

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"Namu, you placed a card in the graveyard during your first move, and now I revive it, be reborn, Winged Dragon of Ra." Ishizu said as the Egyptian god card appeared on her field.

"Impressive, but don't think you can beat me with my monster." Marik said.

"Perhaps, but I know this card's abilities as well." Ishizu said, "now I play one of Ra's abilities, I sacrifice all but one of my life points to add the total to Ra's attack strength, and next I release Athena in order to give Ra more points, and now I attack your Drillago with Ra."

"You just made your last mistake, I activate my facedown card, Magic Cylinder, now you lose life points equal to Ra's attack points." Marik said.

"What?" Ishizu asked as her attack was reflected and her life points hit zero. "It seems I failed, but you haven't won yet Namu."

"The winner of the first duel is Namu." Roland announced.

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"Namu where did you get an Egyptian god card?" Joey asked.

"Well, I found it lying around somewhere. Is it that powerful?" Marik asked.

"Namu, that card is one of the most powerful ones in existence." Yugi said. Wait, I thought Marik was the one who had Ra, he thought.

That's true, but perhaps we aren't seeing the whole story, maybe Marik is working with Namu, the pharaoh thought back.

"Listen up, I'm not sure where you got that card Namu, but rest assured it will soon be in my hands." Kaiba said before everyone walked back down to see who would duel next.

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"The randomizer is preparing to select the next two duelists." Roland said as the first duelist was chosen. "Duelist number 7, Aelita Stones."

"Alright, good luck Aelita." Jeremy said with a smile.

"Thanks Jeremy, I hope I do well." Aelita said as her opponent was selected.

"Aelita will be facing duelist number 4, Marik Ishtar." Roland said before Odion nodded calmly.

"Be careful, Marik is a real creep, and he's not the type to play fair." Joey said.

"Duelists, we will now proceed to the arena for the second duel." Roland said.

"You would be wise to give up little girl." Odion said calmly.

"I don't quit, I plan on helping beat you." Aelita said. Hopefully X.A.N.A. can be stopped as well, she thought.

"Duelists begin the match." Roland said.

"Duel." said Aelita and Odion simultaneously.

Aelita 4000 Odion 4000: "Ladies first." Odion said calmly.

"Thank you, you're not as cruel as I expected." Aelita said starting her turn. "I set two cards facedown, and set this in defense mode, that ends my move."

"Very well, my move, and I activate the field spell Temple of the Kings, now I can use traps as soon as I set them, but for now I'll just set two cards and end my turn." Odion said calmly.

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"Yugi, what do you think Marik has up his sleeve?" Joey asked.

"I'm not sure, but whatever it is, Aelita better be careful." Yugi said while watching the duel closely.

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"My turn, I tribute my facedown monster to summon William in attack mode, and next I play the spell card, Code X.A.N.A., this negates all cards on your field until the end phase." Aelita said. "Now I activate one of my facedown cards, Delayed Virtualization, now in two turns I can summon a monster from my deck."

"Impressive, but the duel is far from done." Odion said.

"Maybe, but I can still attack you directly with William." Aelita said as her monster attacked. "Now I set one more card and end my move."

Odion, I know you're holding the fake Ra I placed in your deck, you will play that card and wipe out that weakling. Do I make myself clear? Marik asked.

Yes Master Marik, although I can't shake the feeling something is going on that we are unaware of. Odion replied.

Aelita 4000 Odion 1700: "Your dueling skills are admirable, unfortunately I will win this turn, I set two cards facedown, and now I activate the trap card Embodiment of Apophis, when this card activates, it summons a monster to my field with 1600 attack points."

"That's strange, William has more attack points." Aelita said.

"True, but I have three Embodiments of Apophis, so now I have three monsters on the field." Odion said

"Wait, what are you planning?" Aelita asked.

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"Seto, you think Namu had a fake copy of Ra?" Mokuba asked.

"It would make sense, unfortunately if it was fake, he won't be able to beat Obelisk the Tormentor." Kaiba said confidently.

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"I tribute my three monsters, in order to summon the almighty Winged Dragon of Ra." Odion said as the god appeared on his field.

"Sorry, but I play a trap card." Aelita said as Ra began to vanish.

"What, traps don't work on Ra, how are you doing this?" Odion asked incredulously.

"My trap activated when Ra was in your hand, I give up half my life points and William on my field, and in exchange I can remove the monster you were about to summon from the game." Aelita said.

"That card is unbelievable, you managed to get rid of Ra without any attacks." Odion said.

Master Marik, it seems that strange power was correct; this girl may be a threat I don't know if Ra can stop her.

Odion, the true Ra will stop any opponent, besides once she faces a true Egyptian god card in battle she will fall.

"I'll admit, you're unusually skilled, but the true battle is yet to begin. I end my move." Odion said.

Aelita 2000 Odion 1700: "My move, I summon Ulrich in attack mode, and attack you directly." Aelita said winning the duel.

"Well, you defeated me, but my master will still prevail." Odion said.

"Well, no point hiding the fact anymore, I'm the true Marik, and I plan on winning this tournament and the powers of the pharaoh shall be mine." Marik said revealing the Millenium Rod.

As soon as he pulled out the Rod, Marik collapsed, and when he stood back up he had a more menacing expression, but what everyone noticed was a strange symbol on his forehead, it was a glowing symbol that the Lyoko warriors recognized, on Marik's forehead, was a golden eye of X.A.N.A.

(Aelita defeated Odion, and Marik revealed his identity, however it seems his dark half has merged with X.A.N.A. what power does he have now? Next chapter another duel will occur, and it will feature a battle between opposite forces. As always any reviews or critique is appreciated.)