"This is it, everything depends on what card Marik's Helpoemer discards to the graveyard." Yugi said.

"I can't believe I'm saying this, but I really hope Kaiba wins this duel." Joey said.

"Well his chances are good, he has three cards and Marik only takes one per round, so Kaiba has a good chance of winning." Jeremy said.

"Maybe, but I won't be confident until the card is picked." Yumi said.

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"Well, time to see which card my Helpoemer sends to the graveyard." Marik said with a evil grin.

"Fine, just go ahead." Kaiba said just before Helpoemer snatched Obelisk to the graveyard.

"Well, did I pull a winner?" Marik asked with a smirk.

"I end my turn with a facedown." Kaiba said.

"Well, in that case I'll go, and I activate the final card of this duel, Monster Reborn." Marik said while Bowganian shot another arrow at Kaiba. "Now I bring back the monster that was discarded last turn, so welcome back Obelisk the Tormentor."

"This is far from over, I activate a facedown card Ring of Defense. This card negates all effect damage this turn." Kaiba said.

"Well, in that case I'll just attack your Blue Eyes White Dragon with Obelisk." Marik said.

"This duel is far from over." Kaiba said as his dragon hit the graveyard.

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"How can he win now?" Ulrich asked.

"He has one chance, the only question is can he draw the right card." Yugi said.

"Well all we can do is wait and see." Aelita said.

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Kaiba 1200 Marik 4000: "My draw." Kaiba said. "Well it looks like I drew a winner, I play this card, Soul Exchange, now I tribute Obelisk and Bowganian in order to summon my Chaos Emperor Dragon - Envoy of the End."

"Well, that certainly is an impressive monster." Marik said.

"Now I play his effect, I pay 1000 life points, and in exchange every card on the field or in our hands gets sent to the graveyard, and you lose 300 points per card." Kaiba said as his dragon blasted every card.

"Well, I lose 3900 points, but this duel is over." Marik said.

Kaiba 200 Marik 100: "My draw, and I summon my Revival Jam in attack mode." Marik said. "I win, attack now."

"The winner of this duel is Marik Ishtar." Roland announced. "The next duel will begin immediately, Yugi Moto and Aelita Stones please step up to the arena."

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"This is it, whichever one of us wins this duel has to take down Marik." Yugi said.

"Right, we should do our best." Aelita said.

"Good luck to both of you." Joey said.

"Yeah, this should be a good duel." Yumi said.

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"Duel." said Yugi and Aelita simultaneously.

Aelita 4000 Yugi 4000: "I'll go first, I set one card facedown and summon Alpha the Magnet Warrior in attack mode." Yugi said. "That ends my turn."

"Alright, in that case I'll start with a magic card, Delayed Virtualization, now I can summon a monster during your next turn." Aelita said as a countdown appeared over her head. "Now I set two more cards facedown and summon Yumi in attack mode, now I attack Alpha."

"I play a trap card, Spellbinding Circle." Yugi said. "This card negates your attack and weakens your monster by 700 points."

"Not good, I end my turn." Aelita said.

"Then I go, and I start by summoning Beta the Magnet Warrior." Yugi said when the counter above Aelita hit zero.

"I use Delayed Virtualization to sacrifice Yumi in order to summon William from my hand."

"Alright, in that case I end my move with another facedown card." Yugi said.

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"This duel is intense, neither of these two can afford to lose." Joey said.

"Whichever one of them wins is meaningless, I'll still win everything." Marik said.

"Marik you couldn't be more wrong." Tea said.

"How can you possibly know that you'll win?" Odd asked. "You don't exactly have the best track record X.A.N.A."

"Well, if you think that perhaps I should pay attention to this match." Marik said before laughing.

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"My turn, I play the spell card Rivals, this lets me summon Ulrich from my deck since I have William on the field, and now I attack Alpha with Ulrich and Gamma with William." Aelita said.

"Activate Mirror Force, now all your monsters in attack mode are destroyed." Yugi said.

"You activated the special ability of William, now when he gets destroyed I can summon one monster from my deck as long as it has less than 2000 attack points." Aelita said.

"Interesting, go ahead Aelita summon your card." Yugi said.

"Thanks, I summon my Krab in defense mode." Aelita said. "Now I end my turn."

"My move, I start by summoning my third Magnet Warrior, come forth Gamma the Magnet Warrior." Yugi said. "Now with all three of my Magnet Warriors I can combine them together."

"That's not good." Aelita said.

"Now appear, Valkrion the Magna Warrior." Yugi said as his new monster appeared. "My Valkyrion has 3500 attack points, more than enough to destroy your Krab."

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"This duel is going to end sooner than I thought, the pharaoh has the advantage." Marik said.

"Maybe, but if I know anything it's not to count out a duelist until the last card is played." Joey said. "Besides, Aelita has cards I've never even heard of."

"True, but not even William could beat that thing." Yumi said.

"Wait that could work." Jeremy said suddenly.

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"I play a trap card, Guardian, now Valkyrion can't attack or use it's special abilities." Aelita said.

"Alright, in that case I end my turn with a facedown card." Yugi said.

"I draw, now I sacrifice my Krab so I can play this, my Megatank in attack mode." Aelita said as a giant black sphere appeared on the field. "My Megatank has zero attack points, but it has a special ability that makes it useful."

"Well, I'm looking forward to seeing what it can do." Yugi said.

(Marik defeated Kaiba but now Yugi and Aelita are facing off in a match to determine who will face Marik in the finals. Next chapter the duel will continue. As always any reviews or critique is appreciated.)