"That's my father." Aelita said. "X.A.N.A. what did you do?"

"I simply built a little incentive so you wouldn't try to run from our battle." Marik said evilly. "Just keep in mind that if this card gets damaged, your father does as well."

"Listen up Marik, if you want to duel one of them, you need to get past me, and that isn't going to happen." Kaiba said. "Roland begin the duel now."

"Yes Mr. Kaiba, the first duel of the Battle City semifinals is about to begin, please follow me to the arena." Roland announced.

"So, we're dueling on top of that tower, seems like a bit of overkill to me." Marik said.

"Prepare to lose your god card Marik." Kaiba said while shuffling his cards.

"We'll see, let the shadows surround us." Marik said as a black cloud appeared over the tower.

"Duel." said Marik and Kaiba simultaneously.

Kaiba 4000 Marik 4000: "I'll start Kaiba, I summon Drillago in attack mode and set two cards facedown."Marik said. "Now I end my turn."

"Is that the best you can do?" Kaiba asked. "I summon my Saggi the Dark Clown in defense mode, and next I set two cards facedown."

"You claim my moves are unimpressive, but you barely do more than I did." Marik said.

"Maybe, or maybe you just don't understand strategy."Kaiba said. "I end my move."

"Well, in that case I'll go, and I summon Helpoemer by sacrificing my Drillago, now I attack your Clown." Marik said with a smirk.

"Why thank you, you triggered my Crush Card, now every monster on your field, in your hand, or in your deck with 1500 or more attack points are sent directly to the graveyard." Kaiba said.

"Well, that certainly is annoying, however I reveal my facedown card, Destruction Effect, now all this does is treat destruction by a card effect as battle destruction, so now we both treat Helpoemer as though he was destroyed in battle, although you'll see why shortly." Marik said. "Plus your trap won't destroy my god card since he has zero attack points in the deck."

"Even so, with all your powerful monsters gone I'll win this duel easily." Kaiba said.

"Well, if you think that, I'll end my move with a facedown card." Marik said.

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"What do you think Yugi?" Joey asked.

"Well, against anyone else I would say Kaiba has this duel won, but against Marik I don't know." Yugi said.

"Come on, that dragon of his has twice the strength anything Marik can play, the game is as good as done already." Odd said.

"No Odd, we both know that Marik obviously looks completely calm, if I had to guess, I'd say he expected that." Yumi said.

"Well, I think that we should watch to make sure." Ulrich said.

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"My turn, and now I summon Blade Knight in attack mode." Kaiba said. "Now I attack you directly with my Knight."

"I activate the trap card Metal Reflect Slime, now I get a defensive wall to block your attack and it has 3000 defense points." Marik said.

"Fine, in that case I cancel my attack and end my turn." Kaiba said when a hand appeared and snatched his Blue Eyes White Dragon into the graveyard. "What happened?"

"My Helpoemer, if you recall I used Destruction Effect on him, and so since he was officially destroyed in battle, at the end of your battle phase, a random card in your hand is sent to the graveyard." Marik said. "That could be anything, including Obelisk."

"Great." Kaiba said ending his turn.

"Alright, my move, I summon Bowganian in attack mode, and next I equip my Slime with Ring of Magnetism, now you can only attack him, the cost of 500 defense points isn't a huge problem, that ends my move." Marik said with a grin.

"My move, I draw. Now I summon Vorse Raider in attack mode. Now I end my turn." Kaiba said as the ghostly hand snatched his Shrink card.

"Well, I suppose it's my turn, I draw." Marik said when Bowganian shot an arrow at Kaiba.

"That Bowganian is getting on my nerves." Kaiba said angrily.

"Don't worry about that, I simply place one card facedown, that ends my move." Marik said.

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"What can Kaiba do?" Aelita asked. "Marik has an impenetrable defense."

"That's true, but Kaiba has his god card." Tea said. "It should be enough right Yugi?"

"Wait a minute, that's his plan." Yugi said suddenly. "Kaiba, be careful."

"Yugi, what are you thinking?" Jeremy asked.

"Marik is biding his time, Kaiba needs to end this quickly otherwise Marik will win before long." Yugi said.

"You aren't saying what I think you are Yugi." Joey said.

"I am Joey, if Marik manages to send it to the graveyard with Helpoemer, Kaiba will be defeated by his own god card." Yugi said.

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Kaiba 3400 Marik 4000: "My turn." Kaiba said. Perfect my god card is here, now I just need one more monster before I can wipe out his life points, he thought. "Now I summon Kaiser Seahorse in attack mode."

"Well, three powerful monsters, but you should keep in mind you only have two cards in your hand." Marik said.

"Not true, I activate Card of Demise, now I draw until I'm holding five cards, but in five turns I discard my entire hand." Kaiba said as he drew his cards. "Perfect, I activate Monster Reborn to bring back my Blue Eyes, that ends my turn."

The hand appeared and sent his Dark Core to the grave.

"My move." Marik said while Bowganian shot Kaiba again. "Well I suppose I should switch my Bowganian to defense mode and set this facedown. That ends my turn."

Kaiba 2800 Marik 4000: "My turn, and I summon to the field my X-Head Cannon." Kaiba said as his monster appeared. "Alright Marik, next turn I'll end this duel."

The hand appeared and began to reach for Kaiba's hand.

(Kaiba and Marik are engaged in a duel, and they both are preparing to end it, but will Kaiba win? Next chapter will feature the conclusion to this duel and the start of Yugi's match with Aelita. As always any reviews or critique is appreciated.)