There was a silence between Yami and the others, and Yami was standing by Yugi's bed, holding his cold lifeless hand. Joey and Tristen were sitting on a couch together with Tea standing next to them. As for Sababah, he was standing against the wall, arms crossed and looking away from everyone.
Tea glanced at Yami, and noticed how gentle he was touching Yugi's hand; she didn't know why, but she didn't like the serene, affectionate look Yami was giving Yugi. She almost felt jealous that Yami was being that way towards Yugi, but she had to remember that Yugi was dead. Yami though, remained thinking that Yugi was only in a blissful deep sleep.
"When do you guys think he'll wake up? The doctors told me that he was dead, but he's asleep." asked Yami to the others.
Joey immediately spoke up, but sounded harsh and negative.
"Yami, I don't want to break your spirits, but you gotta except the fact the Yugi is dead. We can't bring him back; he's gone forever, dead."
Yami's eyes grew large with pain, but he shook his head no in disapproval.
"No Joey, he's asleep. Yugi is just asleep-"
"Dang it, Yami! Yugi is dead, why can't you get that through your thick skull!? You're a freakin idiot!" shouted Joey with anger standing up and glaring at Yami. Tristen immediately shouted,
"Joey, how could say that-"
"Yugi is dead, and it's all you fault! Because of you, because of you Yugi is dead! This is your entire fault!" shouted Joey while pointing to Yami.
Joey clashed his teeth, Tristen foreseeing the anger and attack Joey was about to do on Yami.
"YOU CORRUPTED MY BEST FRIEND!" Screamed Joey while running to Yami, about to punch him in the face, but stopped when Sababah teleported in front of him and grabbed his wrists.
"Enough Joey! We can't destroy each other for what cannot be fixed right now!" sternly said Sababah.
All anger in Joey was washed away with sadness, realizing what he almost did.
Sababah let go of Joey, since he was no longer a threat to anyone. Joey glanced at Yami, who seemed to be thinking on something.
"Joey," began Yami, "I know that Yugi is dead, and I know that this is my entire fault. If I had not challenged Seto that rematch at Kaibaland, we wouldn't all be in this mess."
This is where Yami let go of Yugi's hand and walked to Joey, a gentle smile on his face. Holding his arms out for a hug, Yami calmly said to Joey,
"Come, you need a hug. I have open arms for you to find peace and rest in, Joey."
Hearing Yami say that made Joey almost cry, but he felt his strength restored and took himself in Yami's caring arms. Yami glanced at the others, his eyes telling them to start a group hug. They all smiled, feeling so much better now, as they ran to Yami and Joey, all in one group hug.
Moments later they heard someone slowly clapping near the door, which made them all let go and turn to the door.
It was Yami Bakura.
"Very touching, very touching indeed everyone." exclaimed Yami Bakura, walking towards Yami.
"Bakura? Where were you this whole time?" questioned Yami, the others allowing Bakura to stand in front of Yami.
Sababah felt a strange evil force, an impulse flowing through Yami Bakura, and realized that this was the evil spirit in Bakura controlling him.
"Yami, it's Yami Bakura, not your friend that you trust!" shouted Sababah, which made Yami twitch.
"What!?" exclaimed Yami, and heard Yami Bakura laughing very deviously.
"Your bodyguard is right, Yami. Besides, don't you want to hear the fascinating thing that I did to Seto Kaiba?"
"Fascinating thing, like what?"
And so, Yami Bakura explained everything he's kept hidden from them, including throwing Seto into the Shadow Realm. Yami Bakura ended his monologue; he proposed a duelist's deal with Yami.
The deal went like this:
Yami and Yami Bakura would duel at Kaiba Corporations Master Dueling Arena, the same place that Seto and Yugi dueled. If Yami wins, then Yami Bakura would free Seto from the Shadow Realm, and the evil spirit would leave Bakura for good. If Yami Bakura wins, then he would take Yami's Millennium Puzzle, throw him into the Shadow Realm and become the dictator of New Egypt.
Yami agreed to the deal and Yami Bakura teleported them all to the Master Dueling Arena, leaving Yugi at the hospital alone with the doctors.
Yami was ready to avenge Yugi's death.
The duel began right away, with Yami Bakura on the left hand side of the arena and Yami on the right hand side.
The others were standing by, ready to watch the duel that would set the fate of Yami, Yugi, Seto, Bakura, and New Egypt.
"Let's duel!" shouted Yami and Yami Bakura, they're dueling disks extended out, ready for use.
They both had 8000 life points to start the duel. The first turn started with Bakura laying the Insect Card Man-Eater Bug, with an Attack power of 450 and Defense of 600 face up in Attack Mode. Yami Bakura placed next to that a card face down, ending his turn.
Next Yami placed the Dark Magician, with an Attack power of 2500 and Defense of 2100 face up in Defense Mode, ending his turn. Yami Bakura had the Man-Eater Bug attack the Dark Magician, which lowered the Dark Magician's Attack Power to 2050.
Yami was surprised to see Bakura attack right away, and thought carefully on what he should draw next.
Taking a look at the cards in his hand, Yami saw just the card he needed.
*The Mystic Box! Just the card that I need!*
"Bakura, I summon the Mystic Box, and have your Man-Eater Bug enter the box, allowing..."
Once the Man-Eater Bug entered the Mystic Box, it was destroyed by swords, and when the door opened, out came the Dark Magician, not a single scratch on him.
"...my Dark Magician to be unharmed!"
Yami Bakura banged his fist down, as his life points were reduced from 8000 to
7550.
"Dang it! I had not anticipated that you would make such a risky move right off the bat!" grumbled Yami Bakura, looking down at his face down card on the field.
Yami's friends were cheering on for him, which boosted his confidence tenfold.
"Well Yami, I turn my face down card, face up to reveal my trap card, Just Desserts!"
"Just Desserts? What is that?" asked Yami.
"This trap card inflicts 500 points of damage to your life points for each monster on your side of the field. So, because your Dark Magician is on your side of the field, you lose 500 life points!"
What Bakura said became true; the bear-like monster directly attacked Yami's life points, reducing it from 8000 to 7500.
Yami was surprised at that, and decided to lay one card face down on the field, ending his turn.
Yami Bakura noted that Yami didn't even bother putting a monster in Attack Mode with his face down card.
"It seems as though you are relying solely on what that face down card may be Yami." exclaimed Bakura, glancing at Yami's face down card.
Tea noted how confident Yami was, and that he seemed calm about everything. "I am confident that whatever card I have face down will serve me well." replied Yami, crossing his arms, a smile on his face.
"Feh," snapped Yami Bakura, "then let's see if you can take this, Pharaoh!"
Bakura took one card from his hand and placed it face up on the field in Attack Mode.
"Behold, The Pharisees, with an Attack power of 900, and a Defense power of 850!"
Just then, the same Pharisees that Yami has seen before were Duel Monsters on the field, a dark purple aura around them.
"The Pharisees? How in the world are they Duel Monsters?" asked Yami, confused of it.
Bakura rolled his eyes, explaining
"The Pharisees is an ancient card, which is based off of the real Pharisees from ancient Egypt. Now, Pharisees, dark spell binding attack-"
"Hold it just right there, Bakura! I turn my face down card facing up to reveal Swords of Revealing Light!"
With speed faster than lightening, the swords of revealing light casted themselves around the Pharisees, making them unable to attack for three turns. "What!? Impossible!" shouted Yami Bakura, great surprise all over his face.
Yami's friends continued cheering him on, fueling his confidence and faith to keep going.
"Yeah, go Yami!" shouted Tristen.
"Keep going!" shouted Tea.
"You can do it, Yami!" cheered Sababah.
"WOO-HOO! GO YAMI!" shouted Joey obnoxiously loud, throwing everyone off, including Yami Bakura.
"Thanks guys. Okay, now it's my turn, because you cannot attack Bakura!" declared Yami with great confidence, looking at Bakura straight in the eyes.
Bakura, though upset, began thinking of a plan.
*If I can't attack him for three turns, then there he would directly destroy my life points after he annihilates the Pharisees. There has to be a card that will restore my life points!* quickly thought Bakura to himself, nervous on how Yami may attack.
"Alright Dark Magician," began Yami "Dark Magic Attack!"
The Dark Magician casted his hand to the Pharisees, allowing dark magic to engulf around them and destroy them. This brought Bakura's life points down from 7550 to 6650.
Bakura seemed more than just troubled, but he didn't show his anger directly on his face.
His friends cheering for him once again, Yami felt as though everything was going just right.
Because Yami Bakura still can't attack, Yami took this opportunity to directly attack Bakura's life points. Using Chaos Scepter Blast, the Dark Magician blasted directly at Yami Bakura's life points.
Yami Bakura's life points were reduced from 6650 to 4600.
With once again Bakura unable to attack, Yami took this opportunity to strike at Yami Bakura's life points.
Dark Magic Blasts appeared out of the Dark Magician's hands, and he chucked them straight at Yami Bakura's life points.
Yami Bakura's life points were reduced from 4600 to 2550. This enraged Yami Bakura greatly, until he looked down at the cards in his hand and saw just what he needed.
*A spell card, this will turn the match around!* thought Yami Bakura, holding his card up.
"I play the spell card Cursed Twin Dolls!" shouted Yami Bakura to Yami.
"The Cursed Twin Dolls? What does that do?" asked Yami.
Bakura explained,
"The Cursed Twin Dolls is a spell card that allows one box to be picked by each player. The cursed twin wearing red holds a red box, and the cursed twin wearing blue holds a black box. One of these boxes holds the ability to restore the life points of its chooser, and the other kills all monsters on the field of its chooser."
Yami thought hard on which box to pick, but he made his decision.
"Bakura, I pick the black box." exclaimed Yami.
As soon as Yami made his choice, the cursed twin in blue opened its box to Yami, and darkness bursted out of the box and destroyed Yami's Dark Magician.
This brought Yami's life points down from 7500 to 5450.
Yami was shocked to see his Dark Magician gone in an instant, but kept his strength up for his friends.
Yami Bakura had no other choice but to pick the red box and his life points were immediately restored to 8000.
"Aha!" exclaimed Yami Bakura with self pride.
Yami didn't see a card in his hand that could help him, so he wished that he would draw a card that would.
*I have to draw a card that will turn this match around!* desperately thought Yami to himself.
