After Joey and Mai were finished, they came back to watch the other duels.

"Man," said Tristan. "This is gonna be the duel of Yugi's life."

"And Sunset's too," said Fluttershy.

"I just hope they're ready," said Applejack.

"Of course they are!" said Pinkie.

"Yeah," added Joey. "They know this might be the only to get our friends back."

"Nothing will stop em," added Mai.

Yugi then shot a text to Tea on her phone saying that he promised to rescue Bakura, Rarity, and Twilight.

"I know you will." Thought Tea.

"Alright!" said Kaiba over the mic. "Time for the moment we've all been waiting for. Duelists! Rise up!" Yugi, Tempest, and Sunset were then elevated onto the center field. "These three duelists made all the way to the finals! So they should give a little bit of a fight, before I crush them all completely!"

Yugi held up the golden box that housed his puzzle piece. While Tempest had her piece inside the gem of her closed up staff.

"Yugi!" said Kaiba. "You brought the puzzle piece, correct?"

"Of course," answered Yugi as he took it out of the box.

Tempest gasped. "Yugi!"

Grubber then appeared before Tempest in spirit form, so only she could see him.

"Sister, I'm sorry," said Grubber. "I just couldn't tell you that I gave the piece away."

"It's okay," said Tempest. "But why?"

"I had to," said Grubber. "Can't you see what you're doing is wrong?"

"I can see perfectly," replied Tempest. "I'm just sad that you have turned a blind eye to what happened to our master."

"How could I ever?" asked Grubber. "But…"

"Believe me!" said Tempest. "This must be done!" Grubber then vanished.

"Now let's get started!" said Kaiba. "The first duel, will be me against Tempest!"

"Wait, Kaiba!" said Yugi. "I'm going to duel her! She and I have a score to settle!"

"We sure do," said Tempest.

"No!" said Sunset. "Let me duel her, please!"

"This is my tournament, Yugi," said Kaiba. "I call the shots!"

"Not this time!" said Sunset.

"Sunset and I have friends in danger, and beating Tempest may be the way of saving them!" said Yugi. "You know me, Kaiba. I'll do anything for a friend. So back off! Or we're gonna have a problem!?"

"Woah," said Rainbow. "That's so awesome."

"A threat?" asked Kaiba.

"Sure, why not?" asked Yugi. "Now what's it's gonna be, Kaiba?!"

"Yeah Yugi," said Tea.

"Very well then," said Kaiba. "I'll grant you this one favor."

"Then let's go," said Yugi.

"Wait!" said Sunset. "Yugi, they're my friends too. I have to get them back, please let me duel her!"

"Don't worry," said Yugi. "No matter what, I'm going to get all of our friends back. Trust me, nothing is gonna stop me, especially not her!"

Tempest scowled.

"You better swear to me," said Sunset.

"I swear," said Yugi. "And I mean it."

"Okay…" said Sunset. "Please get them back, they mean the world to me."

"I know just how you feel," said Yugi.

"Well, Yugi," said Tempest. "This was a long time coming, but we can finally have our duel."

"Listen Tempest," said Yugi. "Your brother is really worried about you. Besides this is between you and me. Can't you just release our friends?"

"Never," answered Tempest.

"Then you leave me no choice," said Yugi.

"Yugi!" called Kaiba. He then threw Yugi one of the new disks. "You're gonna need it."

"Thank you," said Yugi after catching it.

"Whatever," said Kaiba. "By the way, just to make it more interesting, we'll battle with 8000 life points from now on!"

The crowd cheered.

"Now, yet the battle commence!" said Kaiba.

"Let's duel!" said Yugi

"Yes… let's!" said Tempest as she took out her staff. "But first, let us go to the realm of dimensions!"

A pink light spread throughout the entire stadium, and the disintegrating realm appeared in the sky again.

"Don't get me wrong," said Tea. "I like pink, but dang."

"I know," said Pinkie. She then looked up and gasped. "Look!"

"Woah!" said Tea, Fluttershy, and Applejack.

"I remember this," said Joey.

"I wish I didn't," said Rainbow.

Grubber and the other Plana children appeared at the top of the stadium and looked down at the players.

"Please, save my sister Yugi," said Grubber. "She may not be a blood related sibling, but she's all I have now."

Yugi LP: 8000

Tempest LP: 8000

Turn 1: Tempest

"I hope you really are as good as they say!" said Tempest. "Because, in this match, any mistake will cost you! I set a monster, and place three cards face down. I end my turn."

Turn 2: Yugi

"Then it's mine!" said Yugi as he drew. "I summon Gold Gadget in attack mode! And when he's summoned, I can special summon another level four Machine monster. So I'll summon, Silver Gadget! Gold Gadget, attack her face down monster!"

"Thanks," said Tempest.

"Huh?" asked Yugi.

"You attacked my Reptilianne Naga," said Tempest. "Whenever she's attacked, the monster that attacked her is first turned to obsidian, then its ATK points are reduced to zero."

"What?!" asked Yugi as his monster was petrified. (Gold Gadget ATK: 1700 – 0)

"The upside is, now my monster will forever remain in attack mode," explained Tempest.

"Okay," said Yugi. "I guess I'll end my turn…"

"Not so fast!" said Tempest. "I activate Rear-Guard Action! I can only activate this trap when you're about to end your turn, now I can force the monster on your side with the weakest ATK points to battle with a monster on my side. Like my Naga!"

"No way," said Yugi.

"But before I do, I will activate another trap," continued Tempest. "Spirit Barrier! Now I won't lose any life points when your Gadget attacks."

"I don't think so!" said Yugi. "I activate Mystical Space Typhoon! And I'll use it to destroy your Barrier!"

"Oh well," said Tempest. "What's a few points?"

Yugi LP: 8000

Tempest LP: 6500

"Now, I end my turn," said Yugi.

Turn 3: Tempest

"Very well," said Tempest. "I summon Reptilianne Scylla in attack mode! You'll love her effect. Whenever she destroys a monster with zero ATK points, I can special summon that monster to my side of the field, in defense mode."

"So that was your plan!" assumed Yugi. "To steal my monsters!"

"Not just that," said Tempest. "I activate Final Attack Orders! Now any monster appears on the field will be switched to attack mode!"

"Oh no!" gasped Yugi.

"Oh yes!" said Tempest. "But I'm still not done! I activate the spell, Double Attack! All I have to do is discard my Reptilianne Medusa, and my Scylla can attack twice!"

"No way!" said Yugi.

"Prepare yourself! Vessel of the Pharaoh!" said Tempest. "Reptilianne Scylla, attack both of his Gadgets!"

"Shoot!" said Yugi.

Yugi LP: 4400

Tempest LP: 6500

"Now they become mine!" said Tempest. "And thanks to my trap, they can attack you directly!"

"Ah!" cried Yugi.

Yugi LP: 1200

Tempest LP: 6500

"I can't watch," said Tristan.

"Shut up!" said Rainbow.

"Fight, Yugi!" yelled Joey.

"Ignore your friends," said Tempest. "The sensible thing to do is give up."

Turn 4: Yugi

"Then I guess I don't have a lot of sense," said Yugi. "I play Pot of Greed, so I can draw two cards. Now, since you're the only one with monsters, I can special summon Lord Gaia the Fierce Knight! Then I'll play Dark Magic Veil! It lets me pay 1000 life points, then I can special summon a Dark Spellcaster from my hand! So I'll choose my favorite, the Dark Magician!"

Yugi LP: 200

Tempest LP: 6500

"Finally, I'll summon Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts!" said Yugi. "And now, all my monsters will battle with your Reptilianne Naga! Attack!"

Tempest braced herself. (Lord Gaia the Fierce Knight ATK: 2300 – 0) (Dark Magician ATK: 2500 – 0) (Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts ATK: 1500 – 0)

Yugi LP: 200

Tempest LP: 200

"I'll never quit!" said Yugi. "Not when I've got friends on the line! I end with a face down!"

"Friendship?" asked Tempest. "Yeah right. The only thing your kind knows is cruelty. That's why you must be banished! Defeating you is the only for the Plana to succeed! Then we can create a better world, one with hate or violence. Can you imagine such a place? A place where people are no longer used? Maybe you can, Yugi. Maybe you and the girls are the exceptions. If you all join us, then together, we can recreate this corrupt world into a pure one."

"I'll never, scratch that, we'll never join you!" said Yugi.

"What?" asked Tempest.

"You say we feel nothing but hate," said Yugi. "But from what I've seen, that's all that drives you. So how could you create a world without it?!"

Tempest tighten her fists. "You don't know what you're talking about. You haven't seen what I have, or what I've been through. But maybe once I show you, you'll understand." Using the cube's power inside her staff, she showed Yugi the time she spent with the abusive man, Storm. Then when Shadi freed her, her brother and the others, and how Shadi was killed.

Turn 5: Tempest

"Master Shadi saved us all, and it won't be for nothing!" said Tempest. "I'll do whatever it takes for the Plana to survive! And no one's gonna stop me! I equip my Reptilianne Scylla with United We Stand! Now she gains 800 extra ATK points for each one of my four monsters." (Reptilianne Scylla ATK: 1800 – 5000)

"5000 ATK points?!" asked Yugi.

"You're finished Yugi!" said Tempest. "And so is Kaiba's plan to resurrect the Pharaoh! Scylla! Destroy the vessel!"

"I activate my trap!" said Yugi. "Dimension Sphinx! Whenever you attack me with a monster that has higher points than mine, you then take damage equal to the difference in our monster's ATK power!"

"WHAT?!" cried Tempest. "You were setting me up!"

"Tempest, I understand that you fight for a cause that you believe is noble," said Yugi. "But when you fight using hatred to obtain peace, you've already lost. This is what always happens when you give into fear and anger. You end up destroying yourself. Now, for the sake of my friends, and all of us! I'm ending this!"

"Aaahhhh!" cried Tempest.

Yugi LP: 200

Tempest LP: 0

She then fell to her knees, and the dark dimension disappeared.

The whole crowd cheered.

"He won!" cheered Tea, Joey, Tristan, and the girls.

"Awesome!" said Flash, Timber and Spike.

"I'm so sorry, master Shadi," said Tempest. "I failed you." She then fell on her back and melted into the ground, leaving only the puzzle piece she had stored in her staff.

"Tempest lost," said one of the Plana children.

"The Pharaoh will resurrect," said another. "What will become of us?"

"Stay calm," said Grubber. "The fate of our future rests in the hands of either Yugi or Sunset."

"Man, that was a close one, huh Seto?" asked Mokuba.

Kaiba said nothing.

"Okay," said Tea. "Yugi won. So where's Bakura and Rarity?"

"And Twilight?!" asked Timber and the girls.

A bright light shot up from the ground a short distance from the two groups.

"What is that?" asked Rainbow.

"What's that light?" asked Pinkie.

"Is it them?" asked Joey. He and Timber immediately rushed over to the glowing spot. A second later, the light faded, and Bakura, Twilight, and Rarity appeared.

"Bakura! Rarity! Twi! You're okay!" said Joey.

"Joey?" asked Rarity. "Is that you?"

"Twilight!" cried Timber as he threw his arms around Twi's neck. "I missed you so much! And I was so worried!"

Twilight returned the hug. "I missed you too."

"Where are we?" asked Bakura.

"With friends," said Tea.

The girls all rushed over and hugged Twi and Rarity.

"Yug! We got em!" called Joey. "Ya did it!"

"Thank goodness," said Sunset. "Thank you, Yugi. I owe you one."

"No you don't," said Yugi. "I'm just glad everyone's back."

"Yugi…" said Kaiba. "The two puzzle pieces. You have them both, correct?"

Yugi opened his palm, revealing the two pieces. "Right here."

"Good," said Kaiba. "As soon as I'm done with the girl, you will summon the Pharaoh, so that he and I can finally settle things, once and for all."

"Excuse me, what was that?" asked Sunset. "That's only if you can beat me."

"And I shall," said Kaiba. "Hopefully, you'll give me a little bit of a challenge."

"Oh, you've done it now," said Sunset.

"Wait Kaiba," said Yugi. "Listen to me, I understand how badly you want to battle Atem. Believe me, more than you know. But the reality is…"

"Save it, Yugi!" said Kaiba. "As soon as I'm done with Shimmer, you'll have no choice but to bring him out!"

"But that's what I'm trying to say!" said Yugi. "You see..."

"Yugi!" said Sunset. "Please, just wait until after the duel. Kaiba's got me in a bad mood."

"Okay," said Yugi seeing the fire in her eyes.

"The next match will be Sunset Shimmer vs Seto Kaiba!" said Mokuba. "Let's get it on!"

Meanwhile, Tempest was walking tiredly through the same strange desert that Capper had died in, feeling nothing but shame and despair. A couple seconds later, she stepped on the Millennium Ring. "The ring!"

"Hello Tempest!" said a deep, monstrous voice.

"Who's there?!" asked Tempest.

"Don't tell me you've forgotten your old friend!" said the voice. Suddenly, Yami Bakura appeared.

"Bakura!" said Tempest. "How did you get here?!"

"I'm not Bakura you simple minded fool!" said the boy. He started to mutate and transform into Zorc the Dark One. "This is my true form!"

"What the?" asked Tempest. "I don't understand!"

"Of course you don't!" said Zorc. "You've been so blinded by your own beliefs, you never thought to look back on your master's teachings."

Tempest then thought back to when Shadi told the story of how the Pharaoh defeated Zorc and sealed his darkness inside the Millennium items. "No… I can't believe I forgot!"

Zorc began laughing maniacally.

"Grubber, you were right this whole time," said Tempest on her knees. "I was wrong, I betrayed Master Shadi. I ignored everything he said. Everything he never wanted me to do, I've done. It was never Bakura's fault. He possessed, just like Capper was. I trapped him and innocent people in that dark dimension. How could I have been so stupid?!"

Zorc then turned into a storm of dark purple particles and swarmed all around the girl.

Tempest screamed as the particles came into contact with her body. "Help me, Grubber! Help me! Master Shadi!"

Zorc continued laughing.