At the bottom of a cliff, the train Yuna and Téa were on lies wrecked in a river.
In Dartz's temple, Dartz complains that he's lost contact with the Pharaoh.
Rafael suggests that perhaps he didn't survive the fall, but Dartz says he did.
''Someone or something is hiding the Pharaoh from my vision.''
Rafael asks Dartz to let him track the Pharaoh down, and make up for his failure.
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Yuna wakes up in what appears to be a teepee, wondering if it was all a dream.
Téa lies asleep beside her, and she tells her to wake up. She sits up, asking where they are.
Then a light gray wolf runs in and leaps on top of her! Yuna is alarmed—but the beast is licking her face like a pet dog, and she's laughing. The wolf leaps onto Yuna to give her a good face-licking as well. She whines to be petted and Yuna gives in, loving all animals.
They hear a girl calling to the wolf, Sky, to stop.
A young girl in native garb and red-brown hair in two braids appears at the opening of their teepee, apologizing for Sky's waking them up. She says her name is Chris, and the wolf, Sky, is the one who found them.
By the river, an old man is picking up Yuna's Duel Monsters cards, and is surprised when he sees the Timaeus card.
''Now, why would you be here? Could it be ...?'' He mumbles to himself.
He's joined by Chris, Ynaa and Téa, and Yuna thanks him for his help. He studies the girl's features, now understanding what the Legendary Dragon was doing in her Deck, and introduces himself as Ironheart, and gives Yuna back her deck, asking her about the legendary Eye of Timaeus.
Yuna stares at the card for a minute, then gives the card to Ironheart, saying she's not deserving of its power.
Ironheart says he'll hold it until Yuna is ready to accept it back.
Téa asks if Ironheart found another kid, one with glasses and a bad haircut, who was on the train with them when it crashed. Ironheart says Yuna and Téa were the only ones they found, and suggests that Weevil might have escaped before the train fell off the cliff. But Yuna doubts Weevil would have been able to escape in the condition he was in.
She believes there's a greater power at work.
Ironheart is impressed, saying that he's encountered many people in his travels, but there's something about Yuna he's never seen before.
''You are wise far beyond your age ... Or any reachable human age, for that matter.''
Yuna doesn't say anything, but Ironheart didn't need a confirmation. He could easily see the eons hunting the lovely rubies this girl had for eyes, which she shared with only one other person.
The person whose soul she shares.
He also senses that Yuna holds a great deal of loneliness in her heart.
Yuna says that she recently lost a good friend, and now she's on a journey to find his soul. Ironheart asks what she'll do if she finds him. She says she'll apologize for not being able to save him. Ironheart thinks he might be able to help, and tells them to follow him.
They take a narrow, dangerous trail along the mountainside. Ironheart says he's leading them to a place on the other side where spirits dwell. His people believe that human souls exist all around them, and just beyond this mountain is a sacred valley where drifting souls are said to gather as they wander. Yuna's friend might be there—but there are evil spirits there, too.
Finding the soul she seeks is easy—leaving with her own is another thing. It's not to late to back out.
But Yuba says she must go. She owes it to Yugi.
'Besides, my soul can't be taken from me so easily, since it already has a destined resting place. And my Puzzle will protect me!'
She clenched the chain of said Item in her right hand, just wishing that Yugi hadn't been influenced by it as well. She still couldn't believe that he did that! He knows that only Yuna can wear the Puzzle and not go crazy or worse!
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Meanwhile, Rafael descends the cliff to the wreckage of the train. He calls out for the Pharaoh, wondering how he escaped, and saying he'll find him, wherever he is.
After all, he still wishes to see how the might Pharaoh really Duels!
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Atop another cliff, Yuna stands with the others, looking down into the valley.
She asks Ironheart what to do when they get there, and Ironheart tells her that she must enter the sacred circle alone.
Yuna accepts the challenge, and begins to run down into the valley. Téa starts to follow, but Chris calls her back. Ironheart explains that only one soul-seeker is allowed to enter the valley at a time. If she follows, the evil spirits will find her immediately.
''But, Yuna!''
Chris lowers her head. ''There is a possibility that not even your friend, when she's alone, will come back ...''
Tea started panicking. ''But you said she should be fine!''
Ironheart nodded firmly. ''And she will be. An ancient soul entering a circle of ghosts ... She's stronger than them. Just watch.''
The girl took a step back, shock on her face. ''W-what? H-how?''
When neither said anything, Tea returned her gaze on the retreating figure of her friend, hoping she would be alright.
Yuna arrives at the valley floor, and begins to walk toward the circle. She hears evil laughter around her, and the skies darken with storm clouds. She looks around, asking who's there, then continues on when she got no answer. As she approaches the circle, voices tell her to turn back, and she demands that they show themselves.
Small balls of light begin to swirl about the circle.
Yuna takes half a step back in surprise, but then frowns and presses on.
Ironheart explains to Téa that Yuna is attracting lost souls seeking revenge.
The spirits of opponents Yuna has defeated appear around her: first is Panik, then the Paradox Brothers; Bandit Keith and the Rare Hunters. Yuna continues to walk through them into the circle. Arkana and the dark, crazy version of Malik and Marik confront her, Gozaboro a few steps behind them, and finally Weevil's spirit stands before her.
She walked past them all, even straight through Weevil, but she stopped when suddenly she heard children crying, women screaming, men yelling out in pain or agony. Swords clashing surrounds her, dogs barking, sounds of dying animals and soldiers filling her ears. Soon, explosions and gunshots followed, mixed with the roaring of prehistoric animals. Fire cackled as villages burned, buildings fell and ships sank.
It was too much. It was all too much and Yuna fell to her knees, worrying those who were watching her. Yuna put her hands over her ears, but the sounds of history wouldn't leave her. Arguing voices joined in the mix, followed by the songs of both happiness and sorrow. All instruments were playing at once, but different tunes. She heard prayers and trees falling and so much more.
A tear spilled out of her tightly clenched eyes, and although her ears were covered, she still heard a familiar whisper.
''Yuna, my little girl. Look at you, already walking and talking!''
She followed the voice of her father and saw him standing a few steps to the side of where she currently was kneeling. There, she also saw her beloved mother, leaning against him, like she did so many times when she was too proud or too close to crying, usually from happiness. They were still dressed in the same outfit they wore when they left their apartment in Egypt for their last dig. The sight made all tears she repressed for years to finally flow all out of her, especially when their clothes turned to ancient Egyptian royal robes. They stood there, watching her with sad smiles, love and pride shinning in their eyes before something else drew her attention and she looked up.
She barely held back her gasp as she looked up to the long, white kilt, tied by a gold waistband, followed by a blue tunic that was adorned with a big, golden ankh, a gold chocker around a long, graceful, tanned neck, and finally the tanned version of the face of the man she loved. She gawked at the ancient High Priest Seth, who stood over her with arms crossed, back straight and chin held high.
Blue met crimson, and the cold eyes softened as Seth smiled down at her, before kneeling in front of her, bowing his head in respect. She stared at him, then looked to the side where her parents were, only to see them surrounded by other priests, slowly turning to leave.
But Seth stayed.
He reached with his transparent hand and grasped her chin, making her look back at him. He was smiling tenderly, yet sadly at her, as if the sight of her made him both happy and painfully sorrowful. She understood why, since she both was and wasn't this man's precious cousin, and she knew that this couldn't be the real High Priest. She knew that everything here was an illusion created by a few colorful stones placed on the big rocks that surrounded both the center of the wally, and the wally itself. Her visions had shown her this place before, after all.
Yet she reached to put her hand over the Priest's, not believing that she was feeling a warmth on both her palm and cheek as he shifted it to caress her with the pad of his thumb. She gasped as he leaned in and placed his forehead against hers. She relaxed as he wrapped his strong, long arms around her and placed a kiss on top of her head, so very much how Seto did.
She cried on his shoulder, almost feeling the reassuring hand moving in circles on her back. Suddenly, she felt like she was home, in the Egyptian sun, with how warm it was to be in Seth's arms. It was so different from how it was Seto held her, but more so because Seth seemed to radiate heat of her homeland. She quickly realized why she felt that way as she felt something within her steer. Seth was the Pharaoh's best friend and cousin, and so her soul reacted to him. But if her soul was reacting to this illusion, then it means that ... Could it really be ... ?
Suddenly, the linen-clad man started glowing in some golden-blue color, seeming to slowly drift away. Yuna panicked for only a second when she saw that, but she calmed down and understood what was happening just a moment later. Seth's spirit was warming her from head to toe, becoming her shield. She could no longer hear the noise that had brought her to her knees. The evil spirits were chased away by the prayer Seth had muttered without her even noticing.
Ironhearat, Chris and Tea watched in wonder as Yuna, surrounded by a blueish aura that chased away all the little balls of light that had been creeping closer to her, stands up, looking to the sky. An eagle flies overhead and they hear a dog somewhere howl, followed by Sky as the Queen of Games glares at the remaining spirits.
''Incredible!'' Was all that left the old man's lips, and his granddaughter nodded.
Before Yuna continued on, she hear one last whisper.
''I shall always be with you, my Pharaoh!''
Determinedly, she walks on.
Yuna stands in the center of the circle and calls for Yugi. As the lights circle and begin to coalesce, Chris tells Téa that a spirit is crossing over into our world. Then Yugi appears, floating before the Pharaoh, asking if it's really her. Yunaa reaches out for him, but her arm goes right through Yugi's form. Yugi asks if Yuna came all this way just to see him, and she says of course.
She wants to tell Yugi how sorry she is. Yugi says he's sorry, too. He wishes this whole thing never happened.
Yuna says it's her fault. ''If only I had arrived sooner, you would have been safe now!''
Yugi asks, what good is that now? He's the one who's been locked away forever.
Yuna apologizes again, but Yugi says the last thing he needs is the Pharaoh's pity. If Yuna's really evil, there's only one thing to do. He begins to walk away, a Duel Disk appearing on his arm. Then he turns, telling Yuna that her spirit should be locked away, too, and he's going to do it.
Yuna protests that Yugi misunderstood, but Yugi says that Yuna doesn't deserve to be a part of this world, completely breaking his sister's heart. It's time she started taking responsibility for what she's done.
Yuna didn't understand. Yugi wasn't like this!
''You should be a duelist for once and face me in a duel.''
'Was it because of the seal's effects from his last duel?'
Yuna doesn't want to, but Yugi tells her it's time for her to pay. If she's really sorry, she'll do this.
Reluctantly, Yuna activates her Duel Disk and prepares to duel, knowing that this was the only way to get Yugi back to his senses.
Watching from the hillside, Téa wonders why Yuna is going to duel her brother. Ironheart says it's the only way, and Chris explains that this is why they took the Pharaoh here—so she can face her other half, her twin, and deal with what she thought she did, so she can put it behind her and move on.
Ironheart calls Yuna "Nameless Pharaoh," and Chris says they knew about Yuna's fate from the stars.
Téa wonders how they know all this, and Chris says they've always known it. They were taught that a warrior would come to save their world, and as soon as they saw her, they knew that Yuna was the one. Ironheart goes on to say that Yuna's first step is to face her inner fears and conquer the darkness in her heart.
''Although that darkness isn't her own, she is the one that carries it. Her original incarnate absorbed so much darkness into his pure soul, just so he could save the world he loved. But if she loses this battle, the Pharaoh's spirit will remain here forever. Dooming us all!''
Tea flinched, not believing what she was both seeing and hearing.
Yugi begins the duel by playing one monster face down.
Yuna draws and summons Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts (1500 ATK), attacking Yugi's face-down monster, which is also Gazelle. Gazelle's defense strength is 1200, so Yugi's Gazelle is destroyed. Yuna tells Yugi that they're holding the same cards. (Her hand contains Sangan, Dark Magician Girl, Polymerization, Alpha the Magnet Warrior, and Monster Reborn.)
Yugi draws, then plays another monster face down.
Yuna draws, then holds up Polymerization and Berfomet, fusing Berfomet with Gazelle to form Chimera the Flying Mythical Beast (2100 ATK). Then she plays Alpha the Magnet Warrior (1400 ATK), using it to destroy Yugi's defense monster, and attacking directly with Chimera. Yugi's down to 1900 life points.
Yuna wonders why, if they really have the same hands, Yugi didn't use Monster Reborn to bring back his Gazelle and block her attack.
'Is Yugi trying to lose the duel on purpose? Or is he trying to throw me off by using some new strategy?'
Yugi's defense monster was Sangan (Critter), which, when it's destroyed, allows Yugi to move a monster from his deck to his hand.
Yuna tells him that was a good move, but Yugi says he doesn't need Yuna's support.
Yuna says, "Partner," and Yugi says it's his turn.
He sets a card face down, then plays Card Destruction, requiring them both to discard their hands and draw a new one, saying that now their hands will be different and Yuna can't cheat any more.
Yuna finally snaps and asks Yugi why he's acting like this, but Yugi says he's just a reflection of Yuna's true self.
''We're exactly the same, so the darkness in your heart is also in mine.''
Yuna tells Yugi to stop, and says it's meaningless for them to duel.
Yugi asks why it's meaningless, and Yami says, isn't it so?
Yugi says Yuna is strong, but Yugi knows her weakness, and the darkness in her heart. He says that Yuna is arrogant, and persists in her own honor. She just wants to do what she wants to do.
''But it won't work. If you only have one value, it's impossible to see others' pain and sorrow. Weevil or Mai, even the sadness of the Three Swordsmen—you can't see it.''
Yuna says he wishes he could take it back, but Yugi says it's too late. Yuna's already shown him who she really is—an evil Pharaoh who only cares about herself.
Yuna grits her teeth and says everyone is suffering, and Yugi agrees, but he says Yuna can't save anyone right now.
''You're a coward, afraid of your own pain.''
''THAT'S ENOUGH!'' The enraged Duel Queen yelled, knowing that whatever anyone said about her or the Pharaoh were lies. She knew the truth, an no one could make her believe differently!
Yugi accuses Yuna of not caring what happened to him, as long as she had power. He says that this duel is a chance for Yuna to look at herself from the outside.
Yugi plays the Seal of Orichalcos.
The Seal forms around them, and also on Yugi's forehead, and Yugi's eyes glow red, as he tells Yuna that now it's payback time for taking his soul. Yuna protests, but has no choice but to replace her hand and go on with the duel.
Yugi activates his face-down card, Monster Reborn, and uses it to bring back Dark Magician Girl, which he'd just discarded to the graveyard. Next, he summons Obnoxious Celtic Guardian. Each monster gains 500 attack points due to the Seal of Orichalcos, raising Dark Magician Girl's attack to 2500, and Obnoxious Celtic Guardian's to 1900. Yugi uses Obnoxious Celtic Guardian to destroy Yuna's Magnet Warrior, and Dark Magician Girl to destroy Chimera.
Yuna's down to 3100 life points, and she has no monsters on the field. But she uses Chimera's special ability to bring back Berfomet in defense mode (1800 DEF).
Now it's Yuna's turn, and she summons Big Shield Gardna in defense (2600 DEF), thinking this will protect her from Dark Magician Girl's attack.
Yugi responds by summoning Queen's Knight (1500 ATK, raised to 2000 by the Seal of Orichalcos), then plays Magic Formula to raise Dark Magician Girl's attack by 500, to 3000 points. He destroys Berfomet with Queen's Knight and Big Shield Gardna with Dark Magician Girl, then attacks directly with Obnoxious Celtic Guardian, bringing Yuna down to 1200 life points.
''It won't be long now,'' Yugi says. ''Soon you will be locked away forever, where you belong.'' Yugi says, how's that?
Yuna tells Yugi to stop it, but Yugi says not yet.
''It's show time.''
Yuna grits her teeth, knowing that she musn't lose, or else the Pharaoh's(her own) soul would give Dartz victory!
Yuna draws, setting one card face down and playing Giant Soldier of Stone in defense (2000 DEF). Then she plays Swords of Revealing Light to prevent Yugi from attacking for three turns, thinking this will give her three turns to talk some sense into Yugi.
But Yugi says Yuna's Swords mean nothing. He sacrifices Celtic Guardian to summon Catapult Turtle (1000 ATK, raised to 1500 by the Seal of Orichalcos).
In horror, Yuna realizes that this is what he did last time. Yugi agrees, and says now it's time for Yuna to experience the consequences of his evil.
''Now you will never duel again. It's all over.''
'NO! I still need to Duel Seto one last time!'
Yugi sacrifices Queen's Knight to Catapult Turtle's effect.
Yuna shouts out, ''No!'' and remembers Yugi sacrificing Dark Magician Girl in his duel with Rafael. Yugi launches Catapult Turtle, and Yuna loses 1000 life points—half of Queen's Knight's attack—bringing her down to 200.
One more attack and she'll become a prisoner of the Orichalcos, just like Yugi.
Yuna protests that she can't lose!
''If I do, then I can't set you free, and two worlds will crumble!''
Yugi says Yuna doesn't care about that—she's evil. Last time, she didn't care who suffered.
''After all, you let your own little brother sacrifice himself for you!''
He sacrifices Dark Magician Girl to Catapult Turtle's effect.
Yuna screams as the attack hurtles towards her—then, with a heavy heart, she activates her trap card, Divine Wind, which reverses the attack onto Yugi, doubling its strength.
Yuna wins the duel, tears of relief and sadness puring down her cheeks.
Yugi's eyes widen, and he smiles as he watches the attack blast back towards him, glad that Yuna was able to win.
Yuna rushes across the field to hold the fallen Yugi in her arms. Yugi smiles up at his hope-inspiring sister, the Seal fading from his forehead as he tells her that she passed the test.
''It was the only way.'' Yugi says. ''By defeating me, you were able to defeat the darkness that was inside your heart, bringing that unnecessary guilt and fear into your fearless, good heart. You did what was best for me and for mankind, and acted like a true hero.''
Yugi puts his hand on Yuna's Duel Disk.
''No matter how much we suffered, trust in our bond. You're not fighting alone. Always believe that our friends and your monsters are with you.''
''But now what?'' Yuna asks.
Yugi tells her not to give up. He'll always be with her.
Then Yugi's spirit dissipates, leaving Yuna alone again.
Yuna stands up, calling out that she'll save Yugi, no matter what it takes.
She screams "Aibou!" ["Partner!"] and it echoes through the wally.
Téa, Ironheart, and Chris watch from the mountainside as Yuna stands alone in the center of the stone circle. Téa says it looks like she's in pretty bad shape, and Ironheart agrees—there's still a hole in her heart that has yet to be filled.
Yuna falls to her knees, weeping for Yugi.
She promises to herself that she will save him and get him back, before giving him a good spanking for running off like that.
Téa says Yuna's got to snap out of this. If she keeps wallowing in the past, they'll never find Yugi.
Rafael arrives on the other side of the mountain.
''The Pharaoh did survive,'' he says.''I'm going to have to change that.
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Dartz arrives at his headquarters in the city, walking through what appears to be a mirror that changes his temple robes to a suit.
He sits at the end of his conference table and activates the viewscreen, which shows the scene in the valley Rafael is currently observing. He's located the Pharaoh, Rafael tells Dartz. Now all he has to do is finish what he started.
He begins to go down the mountain, but Dartz orders him to stop. Ghostly tendrils curl around Rafael's legs, as Dartz explains that the valley is inhabited by evil apparitions. He orders Rafael to throw his stone into the ruins, and, as he does so, Dartz recites a spell to call up the spirit of an Orichalcos Soldier.
Lightning flashes all around the valley and the ground shakes. Yuna stands up, wondering what's happening, and Téa says it's an earthquake, as she and the others brace themselves.
Ironheart says it's worse than that.
Yuna, Seth's aura glowing again to protect her, tells the spirit to show himself, and the ground splits open, and black vapors arise from earth. The huge Orichalcos Soldier forms, a gray demon in armor, with red eyes and the Seal of Orichalcos in its forehead.
The Queen of Games grits her teeth, knowing well enough what the damned thing was, getting ready for battle.
Ironheart warns the Pharaoh that this creature is more dangerous than she knows. Téa asks if he's seen this thing before, and Rafael says he hopes it's on his side. Dartz smiles, welcoming back his creature, saying it's time to wage war again.
''Kill the Pharaoh.'' He says casually, like he was talking about the weather.
The Soldier roars, and a Dark Duel Disk appears on its arm.
Lightning continues to flash, and spirits circle Yuna, telling her to close her eyes and see the truth. She asks what they want to show her, and they tell her, "the past."
Yuna rolles her eyes, as if she doesn't see it every day.
Yuna sees the vision—hundreds of soldiers like the one facing her now, and she realizes that it's the ancient war. She remembers Rafael telling Yugi of it: the world was divided into two sides, the pure of heart, and those ruled by darkness. Yuna sees thousands of Orichalcos Soldiers massing against the other side—an army of Duel Monsters.
Yuna wonders if this could be how the city of Atlantis was destroyed. Then she sees ancient warriors who look like Chris and Ironheart standing with the Duel Monsters.
Yuna stands before the Orichalcos Soldier in the stone circle, wondering what it means.
Ironheart says he once faced this soldier and his army in the great battle to save Atlantis. This is the same spot where they made their last stand against the evil Lord Dartz, and now the battle continues.
Dartz recites another spell, and the Seal of Orichalcos is conjured from the dark clouds above the valley, coming down to encircle Yuna and the Orichalcos Soldier.
Yuna sees the Duel Disk on the Soldier's arm, and realizes that it wants to duel her.
The form of a card appears on the Soldier's Duel Disk, and a monster bursts out of the ground, with an attack of 400 points.
''Meet Orichalcos Gigas,'' Dartz says.
The Seal of Orichalcos appears on Gigas's forehead, and its power rises to 900 points.
It attacks the Pharaoh, trying to smash her with its huge fist. Yuna dodges, then, as Gigas swings again, spirits form around her to protect her as Seth's aura knocks the monster back, and Gigas's attack is repelled.
Ironheart says that the lost spirits of Atlantis are here to protect the Pharaoh, but they can't act alone. He tells Yuna to summon her monsters, and the spirits will assist them.
The spirits fly into Yuna's deck, and she activates her Duel Disk, saying that, together, they'll take down this beast.
She feels Seth beside her and she looks to him, only to see him nod and she returned it.
Rafael and Dartz can only stare at the form of the ancient Priest, even after he returned into the aura that's protecting his Pharaoh's reincarnation. No one could say that they had expected that!
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Dartz and Rafael both watch, confident that the Pharaoh is about to lose.
Téa fears the same thing, and Ironheart says there is but one thing that can save her—the card Yuna gave him. Ironheart takes the Eye of Timaeus out of his robe, and saying this is the creature that fought by his side so long ago. He jumps down the mountainside, and begins to run toward Yuna, asking Timaeus to bring peace to their land once again.
Yuna sees another vision of the past.
The Orichalcos Soldiers are destroying the Duel Monsters, and Yuna sees Ironheart and Chris standing among them.
Then Timaeus appears in the sky, and begins to mow down the Orichalcos Soldiers.
Yuna watches as it all goes down, wondering how she was seeing this for the second time. She had already seen it a couple of years ago, and she never had any visions repeat themselves unless they had to do with the Nameless Pharaoh.
But Timaeus's attack is stopped, and Dartz stands atop the Great Leviathan, laughing.
Timaeus flies towards him, and the Seal of Orichalcos appears in Dartz's forehead, as he launches a surge of power from his fingertip. Destruction rains down upon the Duel Monsters, and Timaeus dodges the blasts as he continues to fly towards Dartz.
Then Dartz calls for the Sword of Kings, and throws it at Timaeus.
It hits the dragon in the eye, making it roar in pain.
Yuna calls out to the dragon, and was about to go over to him, but a hand stopped her. She looked behind her and gasped as she saw Seth shake his head as Dartz laughs as Timaeus falls.
Dartz orders the Great Leviathan to finish him off, but Timaeus raises his head for a final effort.
The beams of power from the two great beasts meet, causing a huge explosion and the vision ends.
Gigas's fist smashes into the ground before Yuna and Celtic Guardian. Ironheart continues to run towards the stone circle, as evil spirits rise to attack him. Chris leaps on top of Sky to race to his aid.
Saying that he must protect the Pharaoh or all is lost, Ironheart throws out two Duel Monsters cards, which form into monsters to attack the evil spirits.
Rafael watches, wondering who Ironheart is and is surprised when he hears his master growl.
He uses his staff to destroy the remaining spirit as he runs past. As they approach the spirits, Sky's form changes to a more vicious-looking wolf, and the spirits are destroyed as he leaps through them.
Ironheart calls to the Pharaoh to take the card.
But Dartz sends a blast of lightning from his secret satellite that no one know of to strike him down.
Yuna tries to run to him, but she's trapped behind the Seal of Orichalcos.
Chris reaches her grandfather, and he gives her the card, telling her it's up to her to bring it to the Pharaoh. Then he dissolves into streams and bubbles of light. Chris calls out to her Grandpa, then leaps onto Sky's back to fulfill her grandfather's last request.
Yuna warns her to stay back, as the Gigas approaches her for another attack. Obnoxious Celtic Guardian jumps in front of her to protect her, but Yuna knows he can't withstand another attack, so she plays Kuriboh, which multiplies into dozens of Kuribohs to absorb Gigas's attack.
Dartz aims another bolt of lightning at Chris from his satellite, and she and Sky fall to the ground. Chris struggles to her knees, but Sky dissolves away.
Chris gets up and begins to run to Yuna, as more bolts of lightning strike the ground around her. She manages to reach the Seal just as she's struck, and she falls to the ground before the Pharaoh. She holds the card out to her, her hand piercing through the Seal.
''This is the only thing that can stop him,'' she tells Yuna. ''It saved us once, and with your help, it can save us again. You are our last hope."
She takes the card, and Chris dissolves, telling Yuna that she trusts her.
"Please save the world."
Yuna clenches her fists in anger and grief, then turns to face the Orichalcos Gigas.
'There's only one thing left to do,' she thinks, and tells Timaeus she hopes she's worthy of his power. 'I'm truly sorry for betraying you, Timaeus, letting Yugi use you like that, but for the sake of my friends, and all the innocent people at risk, I beg you, Timaeus, to help me. The future of two worlds hangs in the balance.''
Yuna says this isn't only her fight anymore.
''Aibou, Chris, Ironheart, everyone—something you can see, but can't see—is the important thing that supports me. I won't get lost anymore. My power will be used to protect these people! Like it was 5000 years ago!''
The card glows, as if in response, and Yuna smiles.
She sacrifices Celtic Guardian to summon Dark Magician Girl. Then she plays the Eye of Timaeus, and the dragon appears before her, roaring a salute to the ancient soul in respect.
She fuses Timaeus with Dark Magician Girl to form Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight (2600 ATK), then plays the Excalibur magic card to increase Dragon Knight's attack to 5200, and attacks Gigas.
Gigas is destroyed, and so is the Orichalcos Soldier, in an explosion of power that engulfs the whole valley.
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Dartz watches, thinking that this isn't over.
''I'll get you, Pharaoh. One way or the other!''
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Off in the desert, Joey and Tristan see the light from the explosion in the distance. They don't know what it is, but Joey's Claw of Hermos card is glowing, and he hopes Téa and the Pharaoh are all right.
He runs down the train tracks toward the light.
Tristan, who's carrying Rex, runs after him, telling him it's his turn to carry Rex.
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Back in the valley, the Seal of Orichalcos disappears.
Yuna thanks Timaeus and Dark Magician Girl, saying this is just the beginning.
Rafael says he's glad the Pharaoh won—now he can be the one who delivers the Pharaoh's soul to Master Dartz.
Téa kneels before a stone carving depicting Chris and Ironheart and Sky, with the three legendary dragons flying overhead.
She wants to know if this is really a carving from ten thousand years ago, and Yuna says it is.
''So they were just ghosts?''
Yuna says they were spirits who once fought a great war, and now they've been captured by Dartz.
Now she has three more reasons to hunt down this madman and bring peace to the world once again.
Yuna and Téa climb out of the valley, back to where they were when the train crashed.
Now all they have to do is follow the train tracks, and they'll find Tristan and Joey. Then they can get back to what they set out to do—find Dartz and set free all the people he's captured.
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Meanwhile, Tristan and Joey are slowly making their way up the tracks. Joey's exhausted from carrying Rex, and thinks it must be Tristan's turn. They rock-paper-scissors for it, and Joey loses again.
Joey's sure Tristan must be cheating—he's won five times in a row! Tristan says he just wins by playing scissors every time.
But Joey is too tired to get up, until Tristan asks, what if he buys Joey a pepperoni pizza when they reach civilization? Joey takes off so fast, Tristan can barely keep up with him.
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In a meeting at Dartz's headquarters in the city, Mai tells everyone to leave Joey Wheeler to her.
Rafael thinks she should wait until Dartz gives her an assignment, but she says she'll decide who she's going to duel for herself. She's not going to wait for a homework assignment. Rafael thinks she should show more respect for Dartz, but Amelda asks what Little Miss Loudmouth knows about respect?
Mai insists she would have won her duel with Joey if Valon hadn't interfered, calls Dartz a scrawny freak, and walks out, with a toss of her hair.
Valon gets up to go after her, but Dartz tells him to let her go.
''In the end,'' he says, ''she'll get what she deserves.''
The three swordsmen look at their boss, not knowing why he was in such a sour mood. Even Rafael, who had had to drag Chris and Ironheart all the way from the wally, didn't understand why his master was in such a bad mood. He wondered if it really had something to do with the pair, but he shook it off.
It was probably just that he was annoyed that Yuna had been able to defeat the Orichalcos Soldier.
After all, the robot was made to win, and she had so easily defeated it.
Rafael frowned as he remembered Amelda suggesting that they steal some of KC technology and modify it so it served them. It had been regrettably hard, since Valon ended up breaking his right leg just so they could get one of the Duel Disks and a blueprint of a self-thinking computer. If he didn't say he was impressed, then he would be the biggest lair. He had to admit that Kaiba knew his stuff, but now they had a different problem - getting it to work correctly.
Dartz may have a whole company to run and all, but every technician, scientist or hacker failed to make the correct corresponding program to start up the robot. In the end, they had been able to just give him a couple of strong combos, but Rafael knew that any good duelist would eventually see its weakness and defeat it.
However, the speed with which the Duel Queen did it was unexpected.
It gave Rafael a rough impression of what he should expect of the Legendary Duelist.
And he was looking forward to it.
'I think I finally understand why Seto Kaiba wouldn't let their Duels go.'
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Mai was surprised at how stupid a genius could be.
After a little while of her talking with Valon, Rebeca and Duke had come practically out of nowhere, challenging them to a duel for Yugi's soul. Valon had accepted the challenges and took them both on at the same time, yet completely devastating them.
To Mai, who was used to the fast paced, ruthless and witted Seto Kaiba and Yuna Yami Mouto, Rebeca seemed like just a overly smart brat. She didn't have the same pride, stance or honor as the rivals did, nor did she have any unrepeatable combos like they did. As she watched her duel, she didn't feel any excitement or luck to be watching the duel, live, like everyone who witnesses one of the top two Duelists Duel, especially each other.
In a nut shell, Mai found Rebeca to be dull.
And Duke wasn't much better.
Mai knew that there was a reason why Kaiba had always sneered at the game creator, and she was sure she knew why, too. And she was right, when only a few days after Yuna defeated Duke at his own game it was revealed that Duke had wanted Kaiba Corp.'s support for his game, but that Seto had refused right after seeing the game. So, Duke had turned to Pegasus, but even the loony was hesitant to just release a game so similar to his own, hence Duke went after who he thought was responsible.
Yuna
A rather stupid move, really. The girl was undefeated, even when playing against cheaters, and that was not all. It was a miracle he didn't get killed. Yuna was the biggest heartthrob on the entire Earth, and the number of her fans was intimidating to say the least. Duke was only lucky that Yuna found that his game wouldn't be a bad arcade game and supported it.
But if the fans hadn't killed him, it was an shockingly astonishing miracle that Seto hadn't done so.
The only reason for Duke still breathing Mai could find was because Yuna had told Seto off for trying to kill him on national television.
But that was not the point. Sure, Valon was a good duelist, but Joey would probably be able to defeat him. It was sad to see Duke and Rebeca, as famous gamers rumored to be great, so frustrated after their pathetic defeat.
They only had luck that Valon had decided not to play the Seal of Orichalcos.
The guy was showing off for her, but Mai knew who she had feelings for. But the idiot only sent her mixed messages. One second he liked her, and the other second he was like a lovesick puppy for the Queen of Games.
She snorts to herself, wondering why she even ever thought that she could compete with her in anything. The girl was all too perfect.
Mai shakes her head and looks over to the other duelists.
Looking up from the ground where they've been thrown by their dragon's destruction, Rebecca tells Valon he won, now leave them alone, and Duke tells Valon to get lost. Valon stands over them for a moment, then his armor disappears with the end of the duel. He tells them he has a message for Wheeler—tell that punk he's next.
But when he turns to Mai, she's already getting on her motorcycle. Telling him again that she works alone, she drives away.
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Back on the tracks, Joey and Tristan are laid out, exhausted, with the soulless Rex between them. Joey wants Tristan to remind him why they're carrying this pip-squeak all over creation. Because he needs their help, Tristan says, and they're nice guys. And last time he checked, it was Joey's turn to be nice.
Suddenly, strange lights appear in the sky.
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Yuna and Téa see the lights, too. Yuna says it's the Great Beast, remembering that the same thing happened when the Beast emerged the first time, in this time and in the ancient times.
She grits her teeth.
'We're running out of time.'
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Dartz stands at the window of his city headquarters, watching the lights, telling his Great Leviathan to keep feeding.
He's almost ready.
'Soon, little Pharaoh. Very soon, I will have you in the palms of my hands!'
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Meanwhile, aboard the Kaiba Corp plane, Mokuba asks Kaiba if he thinks it's really true that Yugi lost to one of Amelda's partners in a duel.
''And does that mean he's trapped somewhere?''
Kaiba says it just means Yugi isn't as good as he thinks he is, and he's not worth Kaiba's time.
He snorts, not believing that Yugi was stupid enough to even think he could duel on the same level as he and Yuna. But that wasn't importsnt at that moment.
''We've got more important things to do.''
Mokuba notices the lights outside, and runs to the plane's window, calling his brother over to check it out.
Seto doesn't know what it means, but he doesn't trust it.
They hear their pilot announce that they may be experiencing some mild turbulence, and they should fasten their seat belts, just to be safe.
The pilot smiles—it's Amelda.
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Yuna and Téa stop by a stream, where Téa cools her sore feet in the water. She says if she'd known they'd be hiking, she'd have worn better shoes.
Yuna chuckles and says that she should try lugging a Duel Disk.
Tea laughs and the two girls joke around a little. Both saw how there was no longer that tension between them as from the time they first met and that they could actually be friends. Yuna just wondered when she let those silly idiots to lodge themselves into her life and her heart. Sure, they will never be on the same level as the Kaibas or Bakuras or even the Ishtars, but they were definitely closer to her heart than her old and new schoolmates.
They wonder how the other guys are doing, and Yuna says it shouldn't be long before they reach them.
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Meanwhile, Joey, carrying Rex, and Tristan are facing a rattlesnake coiled in the middle of the tracks.
Tristan tells Joey to just take a step—he'll be right behind him.
Joey's not about to.
The strange lights still shine in the sky above them.
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Aboard the Kaiba Corporation plane, Kaiba says he doesn't think flying into this light show is the best course of action.
Mokuba asks if it isn't just some kind of weird illusion.
''Maybe,'' says Kaiba, ''but if it doesn't disappear in the next two minutes, I'm ordering the aircraft to change course.''
Just then, the plane's interior lights begin to flash off and on. Kaiba tries to reach the captain via the radio in his collar, while Mokuba runs to check it out himself. He stops in surprise when he sees that the next room is empty—and so is the rest of the plane.
Where did their team go?
A laughing voice on the intercom tells them it's a private party now.
Kaiba and Mokuba both recognize Amelda's voice, as she goes on to tell Kaiba that they have some unfinished business to attend to. Kaiba demands that Amelda show herself. Mokuba says she must be in the cockpit, and they run up the stairs to find her.
But the cockpit is also empty—the plane is on autopilot. They wonder what she did with the rest of the crew.
Amelda's voice tells them that they never had a crew—they were an illusion all along.
Mokuba frowns and tries to contact Noah, who was working on trying to protect the mainframe back at the KC HQ California, but to no avail.
Kaiba strides through the ship, looking for Amelda. He and Mokuba go back downstairs, where they finally find Amelda sitting at the conference table. Kaiba says he thought he'd gotten rid of her already, but Amelda says it was she who defeated Kaiba.
Then she asks for a rematch, saying they have a score to settle.
Mokuba remembers Amelda telling them about her brother, and insists that Kaiba isn't responsible for anything their stepfather did to her.
Amelda says to tell it to her brother.
Kaiba asks, if he goes ahead with the rematch, does that mean Amelda will get out of his life once and for all? He was really getting bore with her, especially since he wanted to just go and make up with Yuna and then secure his company.
Mokuba doesn't want Seto to go through with it, but Kaiba tells Amelda if she wants a duel, she's got one.
He flips a switch and the conference table and chairs disappear into the floor, opening up a space for dueling.
They activate their Duel Disks and prepare to duel.
Amelda starts by summoning Science Soldier (800 DEF) in defense.
Kaiba responds by summoning X-Head Cannon (1800 ATK) in attack and destroying Science Soldier.
Mokuba worries that if Alister plays the Seal of Orichalcos, his brother is in big trouble.
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Amelda says Kaiba's been too busy with his monsters to consider what Amelda's got in her deck. She's about to play a card that will change the whole playing field. Amelda tells Kaiba he's pretty good to have summoned two monsters in such a short time and made a direct attack. If he summons any more monsters, they won't have enough room.
"Let's duel in a bigger space."
Seto's eyes widen and he calls out to Mokuba to get back, as Amelda plays the Seal of Orichalcos. The Seal spreads to engulf the room, knocking Mokuba back onto the stairs. Beams of green light shoot out of the plane, and electricity crackles all over it, knocking out the autopilot. Suddenly, the sides of the plane seem to dissolve and the Seal opens out, rising to lift Kaiba and Amelda above the plane.
Kaiba says this can't be real, as they find themselves standing on top of the plane within a dome formed over the Seal of Orichalcos. Luckily, he was smarter than Wheeler and didn't believe that they had magically been lifted up by a playing card. He remembered that the plane had the lift there and he looked down to his feet, confirming his thoughts when he saw the buckles holding his feet to the ground. They would hold against the wind, but maybe he should have taken a trench coat with sleeves instead the his sleeveless, Battle City one.
The dome fills with roiling purple smoke.
But Kaiba says it's boring. He's seen this before and just wants to get on with the duel.
Amelda says he'll let Kaiba see the hell his brother saw.
"Amelda, you kisama..."
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Mokuba comes to on the stairway inside the plane. He sees the glowing lines of the Seal through the open roof of the plane, but not his brother or Alister. Then the plane starts to nosedive. He runs to the cockpit and sees that the autopilot has been shut off.
Mokuba jumps into the pilot's seat and tries to pull up the plane, but it doesn't respond, so he tries to radio for help, but there's no answer to his mayday. The plane continues to fall.
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Inside the Seal of Orichalcos, Amelda tells Kaiba it's time for him to feel the pain that she herself felt, thanks to Kaiba's father.
The purple smoke clears, and Kaiba finds himself in a basement filled with packing crates. He thinks something in the smoke must be making him hallucinate. He hears a voice announce that this is Kaiba Corp property and everyone must evacuate immediately.
Then a child's voice says to hide, quick, and three boys run down the stairs into the basement. The last boy, who stops to close the trap door, looks suspiciously like Mokuba.
Kaiba grumbles that he knows an illusion when he sees one. This whole thing is one big mind trick.
The boys lay out their spoils on one of the crates—canned goods and trays of food. As they sit down to eat, the boy who looks like Mokuba turns to Kaiba and tells him this hideout's taken. The other boys tell him that they've only got food for three, so he should go find his own grub.
One of the boys tells him that they had to trek three miles to get this food, because Kaiba Corp's closed down every grocery store in the city. Kaiba asks what he means, and the boy tells Kaiba to look around.
Kaiba sees a chess board lying on one of the crates.
The boys go on to tell him that Kaiba Corp has taken over their town and wants to kick everyone out.
Kaiba says he had a chess board just like that, and the boy who looks like Mokuba asks if he remembers how to play.
''Of course,'' Kaiba says. ''I was the best.'' Kaiba asks the boy his name, and he says it's Aaron. The other boys tell the Mokuba lookalike to go out and find them some dessert, and take his new best friend with him.
Kaiba walks up the stairs, thinking that he's not falling for any of this.
Outside, the city is in ruins.
Kaiba asks how long all this Kaiba Corp nonsense has been going on. He had realized that Amelda was probably a couple years older than him, but he wanted to know for sure. He wanted to know if any of those weapons were his own creations, although he would have recognized his work anywhere.
Aaron tells him it was about a year ago that Gozaburo Kaiba bought all their land, and when they wouldn't leave, the tanks rolled in. As they walk along, Aaron says that everyone who hasn't left stays underground now, like him and his friends. He tells Kaiba that the other boys, Tony and Dennis, lost their parents in the war. Most of the people living in the city now suffer in the same way. But he has Tony and Dennis, so he's not lonely.
Kaiba twitches in rage—Amelda had a hard life thanks to his adopted father, but he's seen enough.
'So what, Amelda? You're not the only one who suffered, you bastard!' The image of Yuna flashed in his mind, making him feel guilty that he had yelled at her even though he vaguely knew what kind of life she had lived.
Aaron suggests that they play a game of chess. He draws a chessboard in the dirt, and sets up a game.
''We use different sized ammo cartridges for chess pieces.'' Aaron says and plays his first move.
Kaiba remembers playing chess with Mokuba when they were at the orphanage. He snaps out of memory lane when Aaron tells him it's his turn. The smile on the boy's face as he says that Seto should be quick almost had the CEO smiling in return. The boy looked so much like Mokuba that he couldn't resist.
Kaiba makes his move.
Then they hear an explosion.
But then they see smoke rising from the buildings back where they came from.
''It's our hideout!'' Aaron says, and runs back, Kaiba following him, telling him to stop, it's too dangerous.
Everything was burning.
He catches Aaron's arm just as he's about to run into the flames. For a moment, the boy becomes Mokuba, begging Kaiba to let him go save his friends.
Tanks roll up.
Once again, the boy is Aaron, telling Kaiba that they have to run and find a new hiding place.
The tanks stop in front of Kaiba and Aaron. Seto step in front of the boy, half hiding him from the tanks.
Kaiba shouts that he's had enough, and tells Amelda to come out and face him.
The tanks fire.
Suddenly, Kaiba's monsters appear before him, and Y-Dragon Head is destroyed by the tanks' blasts.
As the smoke clears, Kaiba sees Amelda standing behind the tanks, laughing.
Kaiba tells Amelda her mind tricks won't distract him. He notices that the boy is gone, and tells Amelda that her trick is wearing off.
Alister says it's no trick. Those three kids were Alister's best friends growing up, until Kaiba's stepfather ran them out of town, too.
''But your reaction was priceless! You actually thought that Aaron was your little brother, Mokuba! Hahahah! Shows how tough the big Kaiba-shacou is! I wonder what your reaction would have been if it were someone that resembled that bitchy friend of yours.''
Amelda started laughing again, only to be silenced by the growl the CEO shot her way. She would have taken a step back if it was possible, but now all she could do was lean as far away from the teen as possible.
The blue eyes spelled a long, painful death filled with blood curling screams of anguished torture and pain.
Amelda says she should have expected such violence from the son of Gozaburo Kaiba.
Kaiba insists he's nothing like his stepfather, but Amelda says they're more alike than he thinks. And so's the rest of the world, full of nothing but hatred and greed. There's a little bit of it in everyone, but that's all going to change, thanks to her new family. They're going to do away with all the evil ones and rebuild the earth into the paradise it once was.
For that purpose, she needs Kaiba's soul.
''If you and your fellow loonies kill Yuna, there goes the last ray of hope this damned world has! Only she has the ability to affect people to that extent that they are willing to change for the better! And, with that said, I won't allow you to extinguish that last Light of Hope!''
The redhead was stunned by that exclamation. She just couldn't believe it.
The plane tilts, careening in the sky. Alister tells Kaiba not to worry about the plane—it's his soul he should be worrying about.
But Kaiba stares down into the plane, knowing that Mokuba's in there.
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Mokuba's still in the cockpit, fighting with the controls, still trying to raise help on the radio. Then he thinks of his cell phone, and pulls it out to call for help. They'll need it soon—the plane is heading straight for the top of a mountain.
He dials Noah at the HQ.
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Kaiba calls for Mokuba, but Alister reminds him she's not through with him.
If Kaiba thought the Seal of Orichalcos was bad, wait until he sees what Amelda has for him next!
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The plane plummets toward the mountain. Mokuba screams as he pulls on the controls.
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Amelda draws, telling Kaiba the plane's out of control, and he's playing the last duel of his career.
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The airplane continues to plummet toward a mountain, as Mokuba calls for help on his cell phone. Thankfully, Roland answers, and a distraught Mokuba tells him he doesn't have time to explain, just tell him how to fly a plane!
Roland nervously tells him to hold on, and hands off the phone to his associate.
Noah, having hear what was going on, tried to hack into the plane's AP but it was destroyed. He almost breaks his laptop in his frustration. He just wanted to help his family.
''Nee-chii, where are you? Only you can help them now, so please be nearby!''
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Mokuba manages to pull up just in time, as the airplane skims the top of the mountain. He relaxes in relief, then switches the autopilot back on, and runs back to the duel, telling his brother they're safe.
He stands astonished, watching with his brother as the Air Fortress Ziggurat (2500 ATK, raised to 3000 by the Seal of Orichalcos) forms above them, looming over the plane.
Kaiba says he's seen this monster before, and Amelda says that's because it's based on her brother's Dyna Dude action figure—the one she carries with her to remind her how Kaiba's father took her brother away from her.
''Now,'' she tells Kaiba, ''watch how it works.''
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Amelda's not impressed. She gets another Robot Token, and Kaiba's nearly out of life points.
But then, four helicopters fly overhead—Kaiba's rescue team has arrived.
Mokuba says they should split. But Kaiba says not yet.
Mokuba calls out, "Isono!"
One of the helicopters hovers nearby, Roland pressed against the window.
Amelda thinks grimly that those are Gozaburo's copters—Kaiba is just like his old man.
''Watch it! That are MY helicopters! I designed them!''
''What?'' She didn't understand what her opponent just said. Sure he was a genius but ...
''You have every right to blame me for the weaponry, but not for the crimes. Those tanks were my designs. I made the plans for them.'' Seto says grimly.
''Then you are to blame! You are just as bad as you father!'' She accuses, pointing a finger at him.
''Stepfather! He and I are not blood related. But that aside ... I'm not the one who used those weapons, therefore I'm not at fault. It's war. People die, and everyone thinks that their actions are justified. But they're all just as bad as murderers. I carry my sins, and my intellect is my cross to bear. But do you know why I made those weapons?'' Amelda was quiet, not knowing what to say to anything she just heard. ''I did it because it was what kept my brother safe!''
''W-what?''
''Gozaboro told me to make them, and I did. It kept Mokuba safe, gave him food and a roof over his head. But I never thought of it as just paying rent for my little brother. I knew what the kisama was going to do with them. But I still made them, always for something as simple as a few hours of sleep or a plate of food. Or some time with my little brother. I hated doing it, but I did it. I threw what was left of my childhood just so Mokuba could have a real, happy one. The thing is, Amelda, we are a lot more different than you might think. Both me and my stepfather and me and you.''
''Of course you and I are different! I'm not a murderer!'' The girl yelled, pissed.
''That bastard never cared for anyone. I love my little brother, my best friend and now I even have another younger brother to love. His name is Noah. But the difference between you and me is ... I keep them safe. I kept Mokuba safe, while you allowed your own brother and friends to die. And you can't say you couldn't save them, because you never tried! And that's it! Not even Gozaboro can be guilty because your brother died! You didn't keep him safe!''
''SHUT UP!''
Seto grinned a wolf's grin. Gozaboro's grin.
''The truth hurts, doesn't it?''
She screams Kaiba's name in anger, and the Seal's energies swirl about, shattering the glass in the plane's windows, and tossing furniture around inside.
Roland orders the copter's pilots to drop the ladders now—but the plane is out of control again, falling through the sky. It disappears into a cloud bank, and the helicopter pilot says they're off the radar.
"Seto-sama! Mokuba-sama!"
Roland demands that they find the plane. ''I we don't, we'll all die at the hands of Yami-sama!'' Even he knew that Yuna was scary when she was angry, so even he adopted the nickname for the 'scary' Yuna.
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Inside the plane, Mokuba holds onto the bulkhead to keep from being sucked out of the airplane, and calls out to his brother. Alister insists that he was right about Kaiba all along—Kaiba's nothing but a heartless tyrant. Why else would he use Gozaburo's private air force to protect himself?
But Kaiba just asks him if he's done yet, and says he has just the card to take her down.
"My turn," He plays Soul Exchange, allowing each of them to choose a monster on his opponent's side of the field to sacrifice. Amelda says it won't work on her Ziggurat, and Kaiba says that's why he's using it on her Robot Tokens.
He sacrifices the two Robot Tokens to summon his Blue-Eyes White Dragon (3000 ATK).
Roland watches from the helicopter as the magnificent Blue-Eyes White Dragon rises out of the clouds.
Amelda says it looks like they're even now, but Kaiba says looks can be deceiving. She says there's no way Kaiba can win. Their monsters have equal attack strengths, but her Ziggurat can't be destroyed.
Amelda draws (it's Emergency Provisions) and sets a card face down. She ends her turn, receiving one more Robot Token to protect her Ziggurat.
Kaiba draws, then attacks and destroys the Robot Token with his Blue-Eyes White Dragon. He sets a card face down and ends his turn.
Amelda draws, telling Kaiba that was his last chance. It's time to end this duel and complete her brother's vengeance.
Telling Mikey this is for him, she plays the magic card, Toy Robot Box, discarding three cards to summon three more Robots. Then she sacrifices one of them to summon Spell Canceller (1800 ATK, increased to 2300 by the Seal of Orichalcos).
As long as Spell Canceller is on the field, Kaiba can't use any magic cards.
Amelda tells Kaiba that soon everyone like him will be erased from the world.
Kaiba says he thought Amelda hated violence, but it seems she and her army of rejects plan to destroy every person who doesn't share the same lame ideas they do!
Amelda insists they're saving Earth. If people like Kaiba continue to exist, the whole world will crumble.
Kaiba smirks.
How nice of you, Amelda! But what if your brother was still by your side? Would you still try to wipe out mankind if it meant hurting him?''
Amelda is furious, telling Kaiba it's his fault Mikey is gone.
But Kaiba says that, as an older sibling, be it sister or brother, it was Amelda's duty to protect him at all costs, and she failed. Amelda's little brother was captured because of Amelda.
Enraged, she orders the Air Fortress Ziggurat to attack the Blue-Eyes White Dragon.
But Kaiba says that, unlike Amelda, he plans to save his little brother, by winning this battle no matter what. He activates his trap card, Tyrant Wing, which increases Blue-Eyes' attack by 400 points, to 3400 and allows the Blue-Eyes to attack twice on its next turn.
Saying he won't let Amelda endanger his brother's life, he orders the Blue-Eyes to counterattack. The Air Fortress Ziggurat is destroyed, and it falls into the clouds, where it explodes in a burst of light.
The stunned Amelda is down to 1000 life points.
But she says ''Who needs monsters? I've got the power of the Orichalcos on my side, and once it destroys the plane, the Seal of Orichalcos will absorb all three of us.''
The plane's engines begin to fail, and more pieces of the plane fall from its sides.
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Kaiba stares at his deck, knowing this is his last shot. He draws—and plays the Fang of Critius, fusing it with his Tyrant Wing trap card to form Tyrant Burst Dragon. Kaiba explains that Tyrant Burst Dragon can attack all the monsters on the opponent's side of the field. Then he fuses his new dragon with his Blue-Eyes to form Blue-Eyes Tyrant Dragon (3400 ATK), and uses it to destroy all three of Amelda's monsters.
The helicopters hover overhead as the light from the attacks bursts through the clouds.
Amelda's monsters are destroyed, and Kaiba wins the duel. The Seal of Orichalcos shrinks around Amelda, and Mokuba runs to her, saying they have to do something quick, or that thing will take her soul.
Amelda looks at Mokuba, seeing her own brother, Mikey. She greets her brother, returning his Dyna Dude to him. Then Alister falls to the floor as the Seal of Orichalcos takes her soul. Mokuba kneels beside her, holding the Dyna Dude action figure.
The plane shudders as it continues to fall.
Kaiba tells Mokuba to wait there, then runs to the cockpit, where he grabs the controls, determined to save Mokuba, no matter what. As he pulls up the plane, his dueling deck begins to glow, and on the ground far below, Yuna's deck glows in response, and so does Joey's.
Their dragons fly up, joining Kaiba's Critius, to guide the plane safely down. It lands in a field near the gang, who see the insignia on the side of the plane and realize it's one of Kaiba's.
''SETO!'' Yuna yells and races to the plane, worried about her friend.
The plane's door opens, and Kaiba stands in the doorway, holding the soulless Amelda in his arms. Yuna stops, staring at her friend and guessing what happened. Still, she was jealous of Amelda for being in her love's arms while she longed for was even a glance. Her feeling had grown even stronger in the time since that strange video chat where Seto said all those things, but she only wanted to be closer to him than ever.
He jumps down, muttering about the dweeb patrol, as Mokuba calls out to Roland in the approaching helicopters.
Seto puts Amelda down and turns to Yuna. Just as the girl was about to say something, he draws her into his arms, almost hugging the life out of her. The gang stare at him as Mokuba cheers, telling Noah what was happening. Seto ignored them all and just continued muttering apologies as he held Yuna, not daring to let go of her. He had been petrified that she was in some sort of trouble ever since he yelled those things at her. It was an immense relief to see her just fine.
But she was tense in his arms, not returning the embrace, and that worried him. Seto was very aware that he had technically broke his promise to her, but did that mean that she was no longer his friend? That he's no longer important to her? Is he now on the same level as those geeks? The thought made him want to cry.
He took a shuddering breath.
''I truly didn't mean the things I had said. I didn't even realize I had said them! I was so blinded in my rage and jealousy that I had just said the things I would never even think of! I-i never meant to say those unforgivable things and I would never break my promise to you! I told you, no matter what that I don't want you out of my life. I only realized what I said and what the cursed words mean when Noah slapped me and yelled at me as though I was a child in need of scolding. What I'm trying to say is ... Yuna, I'm really, really sorry.'' He ended in a whisper, waiting to see the effects his heartfelt words will have.
No reaction from the girl in his arms, and she was just as tense as she was before.
Seto cursed himself in his head for having such a stupid, big mouth, yet he couldn't let go of Yuna. It might be the last time he will be allowed to hold her like this, and he wanted it engraved in his memory, because soon ... It will be just that. A memory.
That's why he almost died from shocked happiness when Yuna threw her arms around his neck, burying her face into his chest as she started to cry relieved tears. Seto tightened his hold on her and drew her closer to his chest until they fit like puzzle pieces. There was no space between them as Seto put reassuring little kisses on the top of the girl's unruly head. He let out a sigh of relief as she slowly started to calm down, but it caught in his throat when she looked up to him. Her lovely eyes were glistening like diamonds from those crystal clear teardrops, and her eyelashes were decorated with them, looking like a little little pearls were clinging to the long lashes. But despite the tears, there was a beautiful, relieved happy smile on her lush lips.
The smile only meant for him.
Seto couldn't help but remember that accidental kiss that he so wished to repeat, but he was to lovestruck in that moment to even blink. He didn't even realize that he had smiled down at his rival until he saw her smile become even brighter, the beautiful fire in her crimson eyes calmly lighting them up.
He wasn't aware how his hug was affecting Yuna, though.
Yuna couldn't help but think of Seth's ghost embrace as Seto held her. The feeling was similar, but I Seto's arms, she felt like she found a new home. A home where she wasn't the reincarnated Pharaoh. In Seth's arms, she was calm and her heart wasn't thudding like it was now. Both times she was comforted, yet she couldn't really say what made her feel like this this time. Seth and Seto were comforting her at the same time. She hadn't even realized that Seth had stayed with her until now as she felt him shift.
Seto felt the High Priest shift as well as he passed right through him and flashes of what Yuna had been through in the past few hours flew through his head. He almost gasped, but he definitely gapped as he saw the ghostly blue-clad figure now stand in front of him, looking at Yuna's back. He instinctively held her closer, but that seems to make the man happier since he smiled. Seto was puzzled at what was going on when Seth once again began to glow and returned to be his Pharaoh's shield.
Just then, Roland runs to Kaiba ,Yuna and Mokuba, relieved to find that they're not hurt, but bringing terrible news.
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In his downtown headquarters, Dartz receives word from his business division that the takeover was a success—Kaiba Corp now belongs to him.
The man laughs, knowing that now he has all the bait he needs to get the three Chosen Duelists to come to him.