Yugi's POV

"So Kaiba, is that normal? For the arena to turn all violent or whatever?"

"No. Not like this."

Mokuba came running towards the group and looked really worried. He stopped just inches away from Kaiba and attempted to catch his breath while he nearly screamed his message.

"Seto, the systems gone on the fritz!! We need to get those duelists out of there!!"

"We can't Mokuba. Once a duel is in progress, there is no way to even think about getting them out." he said, crossing his arms across his chest and turning back to face the duel.

"Wow Kaiba! You sure know how to put people in danger don't cha! You selfish good for nothing jerk!"

Everyone seemed shocked by Joey's sudden outburst. He had been silently watching the duel, which you found slightly odd, but this dramatic change was surprising. Not to mention, he had been trying really hard to not and insult Kaiba since he was Miya's boyfriend after all.

"Wow, that is that thing!"

The sky had gotten much darker, and now there was a dark being immerging from the oceans depths. It was a dark creature with black onyx, Mayan armor and an enormous axe.

"Kaiba, what happens if this thing gets too out of control? Could one of them get hurt?"

Joey began to panic when Kaiba told Mokuba to have a medical team on standby. You hadn't seen Joey this freaked out about anything except when Miya had been in the hospital for taking a bullet for Kaiba.

That's when you understood Joey's panic. Miya had left the country, yet you knew she wouldn't have missed this tournament for anything. It was weird since she had even left Aaron here. If she felt the nessecity to leave for safety, you knew she would have taken both Aaron and Mokuba with her. There was no way she'd leave them here to possibly be put in harms way.

"Joey…is there something about Mikoto that you haven't told us about?"

Joey froze and shook his head violently. This confirmed it. Mikoto was really Miya incognito since Joey completely overreacted to a simple question.

"Come on Mikoto! You can win this! All of your friends are behind you! We always have been!"

She turned and looked at you, and in her eyes you could tell she knew that you had figured it out.

Miya's POV

"Come on Mikoto! You can win this! All of your friends are behind you! We always have been!"

You turned to look over at Yugi. He had never said something like this before during the tournament, and right now wasn't exactly a time for encouragement. You didn't need it. When your eyes met with his, you froze. He had figured it out. He knew who you really were. But that wasn't going to stop you. You were going to win this duel now.

"I use my Demise's special effect. By giving up 2000 of my life points I can destroy every card on the field except for him."

M:600

You again braced yourself as Demise sent the field whirling around with a giant gust of wind. Even though you had braced yourself, it wasn't enough to protect you from the gust of wind. You felt yourself being pushed back, and then you couldn't feel the rock under your feet anymore.

As your martial arts trained reflexes kicked in, you grabbed the edge of the platform seconds before it would have been out of your reach. You opened your eyes, and sure enough, you hadn't imagined it.

You were dangling off the edge of that small platform, 30 some feet above a very angry looking sea.

"Mikoto! Jason! Are you guys alright!"

You could faintly hear the screams from the sidelines. Ryan had fallen too? You swung your arm up and drug yourself back up onto the platform, staying crouched down on your knees. Sure enough, Ryan was no where to be seen. You couldn't even see him dangling off the platform like you had been.

"Jason!"

Your heart began to race, Ryan could be hurt. You couldn't even see the glowing gold aura that your item normally was able to sense through anything.

"Mikoto! "

You turned your head, and saw the worry on everyone's faces. Everyone except Seto. You figured this was what he meant by endurance, but this was slightly ridiculous. Beginning to panic slightly, you took off your duel disk and dove off the platform and into the water. You were going to find your brother. You had to.

Joey's POV

Even though everyone, except Kaiba, was yelling and screaming, Miya seemed to barely notice. It had scared everyone to death to see them both be knocked off their platforms, but it calmed you when she got back onto hers.

Moments passed quickly, and you saw her nearly throw her duel disk down onto the platform before diving down into the water.

"What the hell is she doing? She's gonna get herself killed!"

"She's dove in to save Jason. He hasn't surfaced yet." Tea screamed, clinging onto Yugi.

"Mikoto!" You yelled as you nearly flung yourself on the bar separating the arena from the stands.

"Calm down Wheeler. If she was dumb enough to pull a stunt like that then she deserves whatever happens."

This pushed you over the edge. Although you had promised Miya to take it easy on Kaiba, this was beyond okay. This was probable cause to break that promise.

"What the hell is wrong with you Kaiba? You wouldn't be acting this way if Miya was here, much less if that was Miya out there. What would she say if she could see this?"

Your words seemed to strike one of Kaiba's more sensitive nerves and he seemed to slink back a few steps.

"That wasn't very nice Joey," Aaron said walking toward him, " but it was true Seto. You know you wouldn't be acting this way if my sister was here."

"Mokuba, get the rescue squad here in case Mikoto or Jason need assistance. A.S.A.P!"

"Right!"

Mokuba ran to the covered shelter area and frantically dialed the headquarters for the rescue team.

"Joey, she'll be okay. I know she will."

"How can you be so sure Yugi. Miya's not immortal ya know." you said quietly.

"I know she's not, but she is strong. She's been through a lot worse, so I'm sure a little water isn't causing any problems."

"A little water? That's a frickin' man made lake out there, not to mention hurricane type weather! Besides, do you not remember the last time she got carried away by water? She nearly died!"

You heart beat out of your chest when you saw Miya surface, trying to hold onto Jason for dear life. With each wave, her grip seemed to loosen and he'd slip back under water for a moment pulling her under with him.

"I've got to help her Yugi."

"Joey wait!"

You weren't listening, you jumped over the bar and dove in. You weren't going to let Miya slip away.

Miya's POV

You kept loosing your hold on Ryan. The waves were getting stronger, and you were fighting to keep yourself above water. As you began to feel the waves and current pull you under, you saw Joey swimming toward you.

"Miya! Hang on!"

You reached out for Joey and grabbed his hand.

"You okay?"

"Yeah, it's just…getting really difficult to hold dead weight above water."

"I'll take him, you just try to stay above water. Kaiba sent for the rescue team. They should be here soon."

You nodded and weakly pushed Jason to Joey. You knew unless the rescue teams got there soon, Jason would start pulling Joey under too. Plus, the water was getting rougher by the second and so was the current. Even without Jason's extra weight it was still difficult to keep yourself above water. You had to come up with something to keep all of you from possibly drowning.

"Joey, get over by the wall!"

You grabbed his hand and pulled him toward the wall, at least here, if a wave hit, you wouldn't go floating out any further and the wall would help cut off the current. Joey held onto you, not letting you more than a few inches from the wall. After what seemed like forever in the cold and turbulent waters, the rescue team finally showed up. One by one, they pulled the three of you out of water. Jason was first since he was fading in and out of conscious. Joey then forced you to go next, claiming he could hold out for a few minutes longer.

Once back on solid ground, you started feeling the ware and cold riveting through your body.

"Seto, they need medical attention before the get hypothermia." Aaron said kneeling down by you and wrapping a blanket around your shoulders. Mokuba was doing the same with Joey.

You saw Seto turn and go into a sheltered area of the spectator section, making sure not to look at you and Joey.

"Miya, are you crazy?"

You jumped when you heard Aaron say your name. How did he know?

"Don't ask me how I figured it out, but I just knew that was you when you dove in. Only one person would be crazy enough to do that, and that's my sister. Oh and don't worry. I won't tell Seto, but you'd better explain later."

You nodded without saying a word, not that you could speak much without stuttering from the cold.

FF 1 hour

Neither Joey or Aaron had let you leave your room for fear that you might fall ill if you were too cold. Luckily, they weren't letting anyone else in the room either. Something in the water had began to strip the color from your hair, and you had lost one of your contacts. So not only was your hair two toned, your eyes were completely different colors.

When the boys had left the room for a quick break, you jumped out of bed and threw the hundred or so blankets to the side. You knelt down and pulled your things out from under your bed and dug through the duffel bag.

"Whew…"

You had another set of contacts and you had some more hair dye, just not much.

"Will Joey Wheeler and Nicholas Senora please report to the common area. Your duel is about to begin."

You shot up quickly from your bag. Joey was about to duel Nick, you couldn't miss this. Not only did you want to be there to support Joey, you wanted to see Nick get his rich, snobbish self kicked out of the tournament.

You quickly dyed your hair, and threw in your contacts. You changed into a pair of torn jeans and a black tank top, slinging your sweatshirt over your arm. You sighed as you passed the mirror. Now three people knew who you were, Joey, Chris, and now Yugi and hopefully no one else would.

FF In Joey's Room

Joey's POV

You had lost to Nicholas, but barely. If the duel had last one more turn, you would have been able to play a magic card and destroy his Zombie Queen and then you would have been able to finish him off with your Red Eyes Black Dragon.

But luckily, you friend were there to support you. Even after nearly being drowned again, Miya even made it down.

"You really did do an awesome job today Joey. You had Nick running home to mommy there for a while."

"Yeah, thanks Tristan. But I still lost."

"You just got a little over confident Joey. When that happened, Nick was able to psyche you out and figure out your strategy." Miya said as she sat down next to you on the bed.

"But now, Yugi or You will duel that freak."

"Oh you don't know the half about it. Nicholas Senora is beyond a freak."

"You know him?"

FF Next Day

Finalists: Yugi Moto, Nicholas Senora, Mikoto Rosa, Seto Kaiba

Duel Match Ups: Nick v. Mikoto and Yugi v. Seto

Seto's POV

You sat, staring at the wall in your room. Wheeler's words were ringing through your mind like some over played Christmas carol. Something really annoying, like jingle bells maybe. He was right, yet again. You were beginning to act like a jerk again, all because you didn't want to feel the need to be with Miya. You had even caught yourself debating on dropping out of the tournament, just so she would come home.

Since you weren't going down to watch the next duel just yet, you dug your cell phone out of your trench coat that hung over the back of your chair. Miya still hadn't called, so you decided to call her.

You first called her cell phone and she didn't answer. Even hearing her voice on her voicemail helped a bit. You then remembered that you had Ali's cell phone number.

"Hello?"

"Ali? It's Kaiba."

"Oh hey Kaiba, what's with the down sounding? Oh my god did something happen to Miya?"

"How would I know, she's with…" you stopped mid sentence. "She's not with you?"